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Truman Leaves Boca Chica Airfield for The Little White House

President Harry S. Truman (standing) joins Captain Cecil Adell (seated, right) and Honorable A. Maitland Adams, Mayor of Key West, Florida (seated, left) in a car in preparation for traveling to the Little White House in Key West. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. The presidential plane Independence is in the background. All others are unidentified.

Churchill Arrives in Washington

Foreground, left to right: Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, and Chief of Protocol John F. Simmons after Churchill arrived at Washington National Airport on board President Truman's plane, "The Independence." Also pictured: British Ambassador Oliver Franks (behind Eden, right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Truman Descends from Plane

President Harry S. Truman exiting his airplane, the Sacred Cow, upon his arrival at the Boca Chica airport for a vacation in Key West, Florida. Behind him is Admiral William D. Leahy and General Harry Vaughan (just inside doorway, mostly obscured). All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

Truman and Gallegos at the National Airport

President Harry S. Truman (front right) and Romulo Gallegos (front left), President of Venezuela, stand at attention while others salute at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. Standing in the first row behind Truman and Gallegos are, from left to right: unidentified naval officer (mostly obscured), General Harry Vaughan, Captain Robert Dennison, unidentified officer, and General Robert Landry. All others in photograph are unidentified. In the background is President Truman's plane, the Independence.