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President Truman takes honors as he returned ashore after watching the Cornell-Navy crew races

President Harry S. Truman takes honors as he returned ashore after watching the Cornell-Navy crew races. Truman stands at attention with his hat over his heart as Navy officers salute. From: Captain Robert L. Dennison, U.S.N. A leather bound album of President Truman's visit to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, May 28 to 30, 1948. These are the same photos as the album 66-1029 through 66-1054.

President Harry S. Truman taking honors as he goes ashore after watching the crew races

President Harry S. Truman takes honors as he goes ashore after watching the Cornell-Navy crew races. Truman stands at attention with his hat over his heart as Navy officers salute. From: Captain Robert L. Dennison, U.S.N. A leather bound album of President Truman's visit to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, May 28 to 30, 1948. These are the same photos as the album 66-1029 through 66-1054.

President Harry S. Truman takes honors as he goes ashore after watching the Cornell-Navy crew races

President Harry S. Truman takes honors as he goes ashore after watching the Cornell-Navy crew races. A crowd of spectators and the Navy Band greet him. From: Captain Robert L. Dennison, U.S.N. A leather bound album of President Truman's visit to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, May 28 to 30, 1948. These are the same photos as the album 66-1029 through 66-1054.

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.