Naval officers

President Harry S. Truman standing and waving from back of a car in a motorcade to the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. Admiral William Leahy, Bess Truman can be seen seated in the car. Admiral Ernest J. King can be seen at right. From a leather bound album of photos of the Trumans attending the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia.

Various unidentified men and naval officers standing in a receiving line on a stage, shaking hands with a naval officer. Senator Harry S. Truman is standing third from the right.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) sitting with four unidentified men in suits or uniforms in front of a flag.

Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the United States Army and Navy, (right) shown at the Pearl Harbor hearing today talking to Admiral James O. Richardson, who was Commander in Chief of the United States fleet in 1940. From: Beth Gore.

Portrait of Admiral Emory S. Land, former head of the Maritime Commission, who is now with the Air Transport Association of America. From: Beth Gore.

An unknown man speaks at the United Nations Conference on International Organizations, held at the San Francisco, California Opera House. President Harry S. Truman is scheduled to deliver the closing address to hundreds of delegates from nations all over the world who met and drew up a United Nations Charter to insure world peace in the future. Behind the speaker, from left to right, are: Alger Hiss, Secretary of State Edward Stettinus, President Truman, and an unknown person. Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman is sitting at the far right.

Admiral William F. Halsey, retired, said today that outside of a strategic bombing force, he "can see no excuse for" an autonomous air service. Halsey made the statement in testimony before the Senate Armed Forces Committee on the Administration's proposal for unifying the military services. From: Beth Gore

Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., Commander of the Third Fleet, in Washington for a conference, predicted that fighting on Iwo Jima would be "very tough", but doubted the Japanese fleet would come out to interfere. He is shown here at a press conference at the Navy Department. From: Beth Gore

Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., USN, Commander of the Third Fleet, home on leave enjoying a wild turkey hunt in Thomasville, Georgia. Other man is unidentified. From: Beth Gore

Portrait of Admiral William F. Halsey, USN. From: Beth Gore