Naval officers

President Harry S. Truman (standing) joins Captain Cecil Adell (seated, right) and Honorable A. Maitland Adams, Mayor of Key West, Florida (seated, left) in a car in preparation for traveling to the Little White House in Key West. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. The presidential plane Independence is in the background. All others are unidentified.

In the back seat of the car are Senator J. Howard McGrath, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, (right) and Mr. William M. Boyle, Assistant to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, (second from right) after they arrive in Key West, Florida from Washington, D.C. They were met at Boca Chica Airfield by Naval Aide to the President Captain Robert Dennison (front seat of car). Their airplane can be seen in the background. They flew to Key West to join President Harry S. Truman on a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with back to camera) and others on board the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg during a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford; Ted Marks; unidentified Navy officer; unidentified man; Press Secretary Charles Ross (back to camera); Major General Harry Vaughan; George Allen; and President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (right) is greeted by Captain Cecil Adell upon his arrival at the Boca Chica airfield. President Truman is on his way to the Little White House, Key West, Florida to vacation after winning the election for his second term. In the background is the presidential airplane, the Independence.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hands on hips) holds a press conference in the garden of The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind the President, from left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by camera flash bulb) Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington and Clark Clifford. All other reporters and photographers are unidentified.

Officers pass through a corridor lined with sailors aboard the Williamsburg anchored at a base in the Caribbean during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Members of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission gathered around proposal documents for the construction of the memorial. Emmet O'Neal, who served as a member and eventually Chairman of the commission, is seated third from the left. Also present is Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (second from the left). All others are unidentified.

Photograph of Admiral Chester William Nimitz sent to the members of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission. Mat of photograph is autographed by Nimitz: "To the Members of the Corregidor-Bataan Commission with best wishes C.W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral, USN."

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman greet representatives of Saudi Arabia at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Bess Truman; President Truman; General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in the back seat of a car, departing Key West Naval Air Station after arriving by plane for a vacation stay. Seated in the back seat from left to right: President Truman; Captain Cecil Adell; and Admiral William Leahy (mostly obscured). All others are unidentified.