Presidential advisors

General Harry Vaughan (second from left) and General Robert Landry (right) are on hand at the Boca Chica Airport to greet Eben Ayers (left) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (third from left) as they arrive to join President Harry S. Truman's vacation party in Key West, Florida. They flew from Washington, D. C. on the President's plane, The Independence. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman is standing on the flying bridge of the USS Williamsburg with members of his vacation party and the crew of the ship. They are returning from a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Commander Emerson, President Truman, Reconstruction Finance Director George Allen, Captain James Foskett, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

President Harry S. Truman (right) and George Allen (left), Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, are standing on the flying bridge of President Truman's yacht, the USS Williamsburg. They, and other members of President Truman's vacation party, are returning from a cruise to Bermuda. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

Ngo Dinh Nhu, wearing a dark suit, with unidentified military and government officials at inauguration of strategic village of Cu Chi, Vietnam.

President Harry S. Truman (right) waves from the superstructure of the SS Maryland as he leaves for Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay for a political party outing. His military aide, Brigadier General Harry Vaughan, stands beside him (left).

President Harry S. Truman (left) pins a Distinguished Service Medal on Harry Hopkins (right) at a ceremony on the White House lawn. Hopkins served as a Special Advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and briefly served under President Harry S. Truman. Donor: Clinton A. Brown

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with Howard Bruce (left), Elk Ridge, Maryland, and Harry Hopkins (right), presidential advisor, after he had decorated them with the Distinguished Service Medal during a ceremony on the White House lawn. They are last civilians to receive this honor, bestowed for their part in the war effort. Donor: Clinton A. Brown

The Opening Session of the Potsdam Conference poses for photographers. President Harry S. Truman is near the center at the back end of the table, wearing a bow tie. Clockwise around the table, starting at President Truman: Charles Bohlen; two unidentified men; British foreign minister Anthony Eden; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; unidentified British military officer; Clement Attlee; unidentified man; Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Joseph Stalin; two unidentified men; Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during his post-election vacation. Behind the President, left to right, are General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington, and Clark Clifford. Margaret Truman is leaning over a chair to the right. (Same as photo 64-450). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hands on hips) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, while on a post-election vacation. Standing behind the President, from left to right are Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by flash camera), Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington and Clark Clifford. (Same as 2013-3160) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.