Sailors

The Williamsburg approaching anchorage at Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Sailors are lined up on the deck. From: Album from Capt. Robert L. Dennison, USN.

Sailors in white line the route the Presidential party takes from Boca Chica to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From: Album, gift from Robert Dennison.

Captured Nazi officers and crew are marched to barracks in Charleston, South Carolina. They were captured by the Coast Guard cutter U.S.S. Icarus off the Atlantic coast. From: Sidney W. Souers Papers.

Two captured Nazi officers aboard the U.S.S. Icarus off Charleston, South Carolina. They are from a captured submarine. From: Sidney W. Souers Papers.

Adm. Sidney W. Souers (center) with captured Nazi officer aboard the U.S.S. Icarus.

Adm. Sidney W. Souers and other officers question a captured Nazi officer on the U.S.S. Icarus. Adm. Souers is at the far right and the Nazi officer at far left.

President Harry S. Truman enjoys watching people who have not previously crossed the equator participate in "Shellback" ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Norfolk, Virginia. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photos in the Audiovisual area.

Aboard the U.S.S. Missouri en route from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to Norfolk, Virginia, President Harry S. Truman meets Davy Jones and King Neptune, goes through a ceremony to become a "Shellback," and receives a certificate (Imperium Neptuni Regis) which is presented to people on board who have not previously crossed the equator. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photos in the Audiovisual area.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (center) at the U. S. Naval Station, Atlanta, Georgia, surrounded by sailors.

An unidentified Midshipman, wearing his military uniform, poses outdoors for a full length portrait. The photo was in a Gates/Wallace family album. From: John Elliott