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Captain James Foskett Heaves a Ring to Mr. Clark Clifford

Captain James Foskett throws a rope ring towards Clark Clifford during an improvised game of volleyball on board President Harry S. Truman's yacht USS Williamsburg. They are on the yacht with President Truman on a vacation cruise. From left to right: two unidentified men (seated, partly cut off), Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (along wall), Clark Clifford (foreground, back to camera), Captain Foskett, Major General Harry Vaughan. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

Ted Marks Referees One of the Volleyball Games on the USS Williamsburg

Ted Marks, friend of President Harry S. Truman, acts as a referee during a volleyball game among President Truman's guests on board the USS Williamsburg for a vacation cruise. Seated at the top, from left to right: William Hassett, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, John Steelman, and George Allen. Standing below, from left to right: unidentified (possibly Captain James Foskett), unidentified (possibly Major General Harry Vaughan), Ted Marks (standing on rail, back to camera), unidentified (possibly Colonel Wallace Graham), and Clark Clifford.

President Harry S. Truman and Others on Flying Bridge

President Harry S. Truman and others members of his vacation party are standing on the flying bridge of the USS Williamsburg, looking out at the ocean while they are on their return journey from a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Commander Emerson; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; unidentified man (mostly obscured by President Truman); and President Truman. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

Robert Hannegan, Clark Clifford, and Colonel Wallace Graham Pause from Swimming

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation cruise party are taking a break from swimming off of the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. From left to right: Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Colonel Wallace Graham, and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

President Harry S. Truman and Others on the Flying Bridge, USS Williamsburg

President Harry S. Truman and other members of his vacation party are standing on the flying bridge of the USS Williamsburg, looking out at the ships in the distance. They are returning from a vacation trip to Bermuda. From left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, President Truman, George Allen, and Major General Harry Vaughan. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

President Harry S. Truman, John Snyder, and George Allen on the Flying Bridge

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