Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (seen waving from the first car) waves to a crowd while he is driven down Broadway in New York City on Navy Day.

President Harry S. Truman (first row, right side) is seated next to Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (second from the right on the first row) on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day in New York Harbor. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (top of the stairs) and Commodore James K. Vardaman (left of President Harry S. Truman) follow Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (bottom of stairs) after a luncheon on the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day. Other people shown in the picture are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (to the right of Truman), talking to New York Governor Thomas Dewey (left) on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day. Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated behind the desk) is shown signing the visitor's log aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. 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 LaGuardia (partially obscured), and Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr.

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 U.S.S. Missouri where the signing of the Japanese treaty took place. Truman was on board the U.S.S. Missouri during Navy Day celebrations.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) looks out over the New York Harbor from the destroyer Renshaw on Navy Day. In the background is the U.S.S. Missouri giving off a salute to the President. Also pictured is First Lady Bess Truman (to the right of her husband). Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (farthest right) watches an aerial display from the deck of the destroyer Renshaw. Behind the President is, from left to right, Commodore James K. Vardaman and Admiral Jonas H. Ingram.

President Harry S. Truman (center) takes an inspection tour of the U.S.S. Missouri on Navy Day. Left to right: Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, President Truman, and Captain Stuart S. Murray.

President Harry S. Truman aboard the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri watching the celebrations of Navy Day in New York.