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Naval Officers Salute Truman

Senior officers at the Naval Base in Key West, Florida, salute President Truman upon his arrival. From left to right: Captain Cecil C. Adell, Captain O. A. Smith, Captain Henry M. Cooper, Captain J. R. Ruhsenberger, Captain M. E. A. Gouin, Captain A. G. W. McFadden, Captain L. R. Daspit, and Captain W. A. Saunders.

Truman Leaves Boca Chica Airfield

Admiral William D. Leahy (left, back to camera), President Harry S. Truman (center), and Captain Cecil Adell (right, in uniform) get into a car and prepare to leave Boca Chica Airfield for the President's Quarters at the naval base in Key West, Florida. Truman is beginning a vacation trip to Key West, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. All others are unidentified.

Harry Vaughan, Wallace Graham, and others at a dinner in Berkeley, California

A group at a dinner in Berkeley, California, during President Harry S. Truman's trip to the West Coast. Front row, left to right, are Albert Kam Chow (unofficial mayor of San Francisco's Chinatown), Harry Vaughan, Dr. Wallace Graham, Myra Houck, Myrtle Bergheim, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. The second row, across the table, are Captain Robert Dennison (partly visible), Colonel Robert Landy, Rose Conway, and Matthew Connelly. (Same as 96-122) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Officers are Welcomed Aboard a Naval Air Rescue Boat near Virgin Islands

After climbing up the gangplank of a Naval air rescue boat used to transport President Harry S. Truman from the Williamsburg to shore at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, unidentified officers walk past a line of sailors and are welcomed aboard. The President will be visiting Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Sailors on a Boat Waiting for President Truman to Visit Virgin Islands

An officer stands in front of a line of sailors on a Navy aviation rescue boat waiting for President Truman to board from the Williamsburg and transported to Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, during the President'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.