Football

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with the captains of the Army and Navy football teams before they square off in Philadelphia. All others are unidentified.

(Front row, left to right, starting the third from the left) President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Tom Clark, and Treasury Secretary John Snyder attend the Army-Navy football game. Navy beat Army 14-2. The game was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sporting the requisite chrysanthemum, Margaret Truman sits on the 50-yard line with New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner at a Yale-Princeton football game in Princeton, New Jersey. (See also 94-301.) From: John Bosworth

Photograph of a teen-age or young-adult Harry Vaughan in a football uniform. The photo is printed on the back of post card and autographed "Harry Vaughan." Harry Vaughan later became a military aide and friend to President Truman. From: Mrs. Frank E. Fitzgerald.

In the Presidential box at the Navy-Penn State football game. Front row, left to right: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forestal; Mrs. Gwyneth Fitch; President Harry S. Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

In the Presidential box at the Navy-Penn State football game. Front row, left to right: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey W.) Fitch; President Harry S. Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. Second Row. General Wallace Graham; R. D. Hetzel, President of Penn State; General Harry Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; and Press Secretary Charles Ross. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

In the Presidential Box at the Navy-Penn State football game. Front row, left to right: Admiral Chester Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey W.) Fitch; President Harry S. Truman; Admiral Aubrey Fitch; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row, left to right: Mr. Locke; General Wallace Graham; Mr. R. D. Hetzel; General Harry Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; and press secretary Charles Ross. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Shown in the President's box at the Penn State-Navy football game are (left to right): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Admiral Ernest J. King; General Harry Vaughan; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey W.) Fitch; President Harry S. Truman; Admiral Aubrey Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Penn State's mascot, the Nittany Lion, is passed hand over hand up through the stands by the Midshipmen at the Penn State-Navy Football game. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

The Penn State and Navy mascots shown at the football game at the U. S. Naval Academy. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.