Presidential advisors

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party relax at the beach in Key West, Florida. From left: President Harry S. Truman, Clark Clifford, Donald Dawson, William Hassett (back to camera), Roger Tubby (back to camera), General Harry Vaughan (background, mostly obscured), Joseph Short, and Commander Leo Roberts.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) presents the commission of "Rear End Son" to David Stowe (foreground, left), Administrative Assistant to the President, during the trip to Key West, Florida. Others present (background, left to right): William Hassett, General Harry Vaughan, David Bell, and Admiral William Leahy.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party relax at "Truman Beach" in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with cane) leaves the Chapel after attending Sunday morning services during his vacation trip in Key West, Florida. Among those in the background are David Lloyd, Donald Dawson, and David Stowe (standing on steps, third, fourth, and fifth from the left), and Press Secretary Joseph Short (standing on steps, third from the right). All others are unidentified.

Admiral William Leahy (left) and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary (right), joined President Harry S. Truman on vacation in Key West, Florida.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party have lunch on the lawn of the Little White House in Key, West, Florida.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party eat lunch on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, General Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter, and James V. Fitzgerald.

From left: Press Secretary Joseph Short, David Noyes, (standing) Dallas Halverstadt, and General Robert Landry in Key West, Florida. They joined their boss, President Harry S. Truman, on vacation in Key West. Others in the background are unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are sitting in the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front Row, left: Harold Enarson, Dr. John Steelman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter. Standing, left: Eben Ayers, David Stowe, General Wallace Graham, General Harry Vaughan, Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, Philleo Nash, and Charles Jackson.

From left to right, Roger Tubby, Richard Neustadt, General Robert Landry, and General Harry Vaughan stand in line getting food in Key West, Florida. They joined their boss, President Harry S. Truman, on vacation in Key West.