Naval officers

Ted Ayers (standing, left) talks with participants in one of "Battle Report - Washington" programs. Seated from left to right are: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace; Admiral W. F. Halsey; Edwin T. Gibson, Defense Production; Eric Johnston, Economic Stabilization. Standing from left to right are: Robert McCormick, NBC Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events and John R. Steelman.

John Steelman and others are preparing to film the television program "Battle Report - Washington." Standing, from left to right are: Ted Ayers; Brigadier General F. S. Besson, Jr.; Thomas Cabot; Michael Straus; David Brinkley; and Commodore Robert M. Schwyhart. John R. Steelman, the producer of the program for the Truman Administration, is seated at the desk.

From left to right President Harry S. Truman, Mr. Stanley Woodward, Captain Adell, Mr. John R. Steelman and a Secret Service agent walk together to Truman Beach, Key West, Florida during President Truman's vacation to the area.

Staff photograph taken outside the Little White House, Key West during President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip. First row, left to right: Philip F. Maguire, Dr. Bruce D. Forsyth, George Elsey, Joseph Feeney, David Lloyd, Stephen Spingarn. Second row, left to right: Clark Clifford, William D. Hassett, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, President Harry S. Truman, John R. Steelman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. Third row, left to right: Charles S.

Guests of President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) on board the USS Williamsburg on its way to Key West, Florida. From left to right: David Stowe, John R. Steelman (seated, left), William Hassett, Admiral Robert Dennison, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Wallace Graham, General Harry Vaughan (seated on right in checked shirt) and General Robert Landry.

President Harry S. Truman, his family and staff are posing for a group photo outside the Little White House in Key West, Florida, during President Truman's vacation visit to the area. Front row: Margaret Truman. Second row, left to right: Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, first Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, John R. Steelman, William D. Hassett. Third row, left to right: Colonel Cornelius J. Mara, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Matthew J. Connelly, Stanley Woodward, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are posing from a group photograph outside the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: John R. Steelman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett. Second row, left to right: Stephen Spingarn, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham and David Niles.

Members of William Hassett's team display the fish they caught during their vacation trip to Key West, Florida with President Harry S. Truman (not pictured). From left to right: Commander Donald MacDonald, two unidentified men, Captain Pifer, William Hassett, two unidentified men, and Commander Horace Warden.

Partial view of the flight deck on a United States aircraft carrier. The Naval military personnel on board can be seen lined up in uniform. Location is not given but possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Original color negative in Library holdings.

Partial view of the flight deck on a United States aircraft carrier. The Naval military personnel on board can be seen lined up in uniform. Location is not given but possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Contact sheet image, original color negative in Library holdings.