Military bases

Government officials inspecting Fort Knox, with Marvin McIntyre, Secretary to the President, General Daniel Van Voorhis, and Senator Matthew M. Neely. Senator Harry S. Truman, not pictured, was part of the inspection team.

Marvin McIntyre, Secretary to the President Franklin D. Roosevelt, receives the honors, Fort Knox. General Daniel Van Voorhis and Senator Matthew M. Neely are standing with McIntyre. Senator Harry S. Truman (not pictured) was part of the inspection team.

A troop of combat cars from the Mechanized Cavalry awaiting the arrival of the government inspection team, who rode over the military reservation in the fighting vehicles. Senator Harry S. Truman was part of the inspection team.

Senator Harry S. Truman and Secretary to the President Marvin McIntyre (without hat) talk with General Daniel Van Voorhis, Fort Knox. They are inspecting the Seventh Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized).

Marvin McIntyre, Secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, inspects the escort, Seventh Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized), Fort Knox. Captain J.K. Sells and General Daniel Van Voorhis are with McIntyre. Senator Harry S. Truman was part of the inspection team, but is not seen in this picture.

General Daniel Van Voorhis, Senator Harry S. Truman, Secretary to the President Marvin McIntyre, Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach, and Captain G.W. West.

Awaiting the review of the Seventh Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized), Fort Knox, Kentucky. The combat car in the foreground is the car by means of which the Brigade Commander controls and leads his command on the march and in combat. It is equipped with two-way radio. Senator Truman was in the review team.

President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, Charlie Ross, Clark Clifford, John Steelman, Harry Vaughan, Edward A. Locke, Admiral C.W. Styer, John Caskie Collet, James Foskett, Lieutenant Colonel Myers, Captain W. A. Saunders and his son, Bill Saunders, and Secret Service Agents take a tour of Fort Jefferson conducted by Russell A. Gibbs, custodian. From the album of The President's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

Fort Jefferson National Monument, at Dry Tortugas, Florida. View from water, taken aboard the Dolphin. From the album of President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Admiral C.W. Styer pose with officers at the Submarine Base at Key West. From the album of the President's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.