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The President and others chat on the fantail

(From left to right) Captain James H. Foskett, President's Naval Aide; Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie, Commander in Chief of the British West Indies Fleet; President Harry S. Truman; and Major General Harry H. Vaughan, President's Military Aide, confer on the fantail of the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Mr. Snyder, General Vaughan, and Mr. Allen sunbathing

Members of President Truman's party enjoying the sun on the flying bridge of the President's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, during their vacation cruise to Rhode Island and Bermuda: (left to right) General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President; George Allen, Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Commander Emerson, the ship's doctor; and Treasury Secretary John Snyder. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

General Vaughan dons a cap

President Truman's Military Aide, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, United States Army, dons the Naval aide's cap as a joke as he stands on the SS Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

The President sun bathing

(From Left to Right) President Harry S. Truman, his friend Theodore Marks, and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder sun bathe on the flying bridge of the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4" From James Foskett.