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Presidential yacht Williamsburg approaching the Santee Dock

President Harry S. Truman's yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, approaching the Santee Dock at the U.S. Naval Academy: (left to right, on the bridge) Brigadier General Wallace Graham, the President's physician; Captain James Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; White House aide Edwin Locke, Jr.; Press Secretary Charles Ross; President Truman; Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

President Truman arrives at the Naval Academy

President Harry S. Truman and his party receiving honors as they disembark from the President's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, at the U.S. Naval Academy: (left to right) Captain Sam Fletcher, United States Marine Corps; Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; Captain Jesse Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command; the President; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (partially obscured) Fleet Admiral William Leahy; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Captain James Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; White House aide Edwin Locke, Jr.

President Truman trooping the line at the Naval Academy

President Harry S. Truman shown trooping the line at the Brigade review at the Naval Academy. Front row, left to right: Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; President Truman. Second row, left to right; Midshipman Judson Langston, Brigade Captain; Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured by Fitch); Captain James Foskett; and Captain Jess R. Wallace. Others are unidentified. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

President Truman and midshipmen tossing pennies to Tecumseh

President Harry S. Truman joins the midshipmen in tossing pennies to the statue of Tecumseh, the "God of 2.5", at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Left to Right: Midshipman William K. Yates of San Gabriel, California; Midshipman Bonner R. Bell, of Clayton, Missouri; Midshipman Franklin C. Houser, Jacksonville, Florida; Midshipman Judson D. Langston, Tupelo, Mississippi; Press Secretary Charles Ross; President Truman; Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured); and Brigadier General Wallace Graham, White House physician. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

President Truman and Party on the Steps of Bancroft Hall, Naval Academy

President Harry S. Truman and his party on the steps of Bancroft Hall viewing the noon meal formation of the Midshipmen at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Left foreground, left to right: President Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Admiral William D. Leahy; and Press Secretary Charles Ross. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.