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Truman greets Mr. Merrell

President Harry S. Truman (left) greets Mr. Clay Merrell (center), the Vice Consul of the United States to Bermuda, while on board the USS Williamsburg. Rear Admiral George R. Henderson, United States Navy, Commandant of the Naval Operating Base, Bermuda, and Captain James H. Foskett, United States Navy, President's Naval Aide, look on. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Aide to Admiral Glennie calls

Lieutenant Commander Gray of the Royal Navy, aide to Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie, Commander in chief of the British West Indies Fleet, calls on President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) on the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Unidentified man, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Lt. Commander Gray. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

The President and others chat on the fantail

(From left to right) Captain James H. Foskett, President's Naval Aide; Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie, Commander in Chief of the British West Indies Fleet; President Harry S. Truman; and Major General Harry H. Vaughan, President's Military Aide, confer on the fantail of the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Mr. Snyder, General Vaughan, and Mr. Allen sunbathing

Members of President Truman's party enjoying the sun on the flying bridge of the President's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, during their vacation cruise to Rhode Island and Bermuda: (left to right) General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President; George Allen, Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Commander Emerson, the ship's doctor; and Treasury Secretary John Snyder. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."