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Group Leaving the Little White House

In this photo is a group leaving for Boca Chica, where they enplaned for Havana, Cuba. From left to right, front row: Lt. Commander Leo Roberts, General Wallace Graham, White House physician, and Mr. Philleo Nash. Back row left to right: Mr. Richard Neustadt, and Donald McDonald. In the far back the man is unidentified. This photo is the same as 77-2029. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman at City Hall, New York City, Navy Day

President Harry S. Truman (center of the window) stands in a window at City Hall in New York City, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (left of President Truman) while serenaded by a choir of Midshipmen. The plaque below him commemorates the fact that George Washington had stood near that spot while the Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Army. President Truman is in New York to attend Navy Day. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman Reading the Surrender Plaque on Navy Day

President Harry S. Truman (far left), Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (second from left), and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (third from left) read a plaque aboard the USS Missouri marking where the signing of the surrender of Japan took place. Truman was on board the USS Missouri during Navy Day celebrations in New York City, New York. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman and Navy Day Celebrations

President Harry S. Truman (farthest right) watches an aerial display from the deck of the destroyer Renshaw during Navy Day celebrations in New York City, New York. Behind the President are President Truman's Naval Aide, Commodore James K. Vardaman (left), and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (center), Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman Signing USS Missouri Visitor's Log

President Harry S. Truman (seated behind the desk) signs the visitor's log aboard the USS Missouri during the Navy Day celebration in New York City, New York. Standing behind the President are, from left to right, Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, Captain Stuart S. Murray, Mr. Grover Whalen, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (partially obscured), and Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.