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Sailors Pose for a Group Photo at Shangri-La, Maryland

Sailors and officers assigned to Shangri-La pose for a group photo at the Navy Rest Camp in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland. Front row, left to right: J.A. Hare, J.H. Sherwood, A.G. Neal, J.E. Reeves, R.W. Lyle, unidentified man in black shirt, Michael Zook, C.H. Kilgore, D.J. Lewis, F.J. Chard, J.B. Miller, D.E. Wilson; back row, left to right: L.L. Prichard, G.L. Anspach, J.D. Tasker, J.D. Pate, T.B. Boies, H.H. Violette, J.H. Stafford, R.F. Hutt, P. Farrell, W.J. Dombrowski, and T.E. Wiles. The Camp is also used as a presidential retreat. It has been renamed Camp David.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's Family at Shangri-La

Shown seated outdoors at presidential retreat Shangri-La (now Camp David) are the family of the President and Mrs. Truman. Left to right: Martha Ellen Truman (the President's mother), Bess Truman, May Wallace (standing), Natalie Wallace, Mary Jane Truman (President's sister), and George Wallace (Bess's brother). Margaret has written on the reverse "Mrs. Truman, Mother & relatives at Shangri La".