Sailors

President Harry S. Truman eats lunch with members of the crew of the USS Augusta. Seated with him are: Albert Rice, Seaman First Class, Independence, Missouri and Elmo Buck, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class, Marceline, Missouri. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany on the USS Augusta.

President Harry S. Truman eats lunch with members of the crew of the USS Augusta. Seated with him are: Albert Rice, Seaman First Class, Independence, Missouri and Elmo Buck, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class, Marceline, Missouri. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany on the USS Augusta.

Accompanied by Secret Service Agent George Drescher (behind Truman), President Harry S. Truman (foreground) carries his lunch tray through the chow line in the crew's mess hall on the USS Augusta. He is en route to the Potsdam Conference. All others sailors in this photograph are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (in civilian clothes, left) and his daughter Margaret Truman are walking down the gangway leaving the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg. The sailors in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (in civilian clothes) steps ashore from a PT boat during his vacation visit to St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. The PT boat brought him ashore from his yacht, the USS Williamsburg. Also present is Admiral William Leahy (foreground, turned sideways). Other sailors and naval officers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center in white suit) receiving a scroll and other items from the officers and crew of the submarine U-2513, proclaiming him a qualified submariner. President Truman and other members of his party visited the submarine while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman on the left is Admiral William Leahy. Also in the photo is Presidential Press Secretary Charles Ross (last row, in dark suit, next to naval officer) and John Steelman (next to Mr. Ross). All others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman waves as he steps down into the submarine "Requin" on his vacation in Key West, Florida. While on board he was given a demonstration of a submarine-mounted picket radar used for coastal and fleet defense. The sailor in the background is unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party exit the presidential plane, the Independence, upon their arrival at the Boca Chica air base in Key West, Florida. Sailors and United States Navy officers are waiting to greet the President's party. All are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

President Harry S. Truman arrives at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida for a vacation. He arrived aboard the Independence. President Harry S. Truman is pictured center in the processional line. Walking down the steps of the air craft is Admiral William Leahy (holding cane) and General Harry Vaughan (on right side of stairs). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right), seated at his desk at the Little White House in Key West, Florida, dictates a letter to Yeoman Second Class Emil Kesselman of the United States Navy Reserves. President Truman is in Key West for a vacation.