Secretary Pace with Unidentified Naval Officer
Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (back to camera) shakes hands with an unidentified naval officer (center) upon debarking from a ship. The military officer on the right is unidentified.
Ships
Bess Truman lunches with sailors on the U. S. S. Missouri
Bess Truman lunches with crew of the U.S.S. Missouri, returning from a trip to Rio de Janeiro. From the album, President Truman's Trip to Rio de Janeiro.
United States Naval Aircraft Carrier
Partial view of a United States Naval aircraft carrier, possibly anchored near a port. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Original color negative in Library holdings.
United States Aircraft Carrier
Partial view of the flight deck on a United States aircraft carrier. U.S. military jet airplanes and flight deck crew are in view. Location is not given but possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Original color negative in Library holdings.
President Harry S. Truman Aboard the USS Missouri
President Harry S. Truman (second from right) talks with an unidentified officer on board the USS Missouri. Also present are (left to right) James Foskett, William Hassett, Matthew J. Connelly, and John R. Steelman. President Truman and members of his party are on board the USS Missouri as they return to the United States from an official visit to Rio de Janeiro.
Bess W. Truman, Margaret Truman and Others Boarding the USS Missouri
Members of President Harry S. Truman's traveling party board the USS Missouri as they prepare to depart Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after an official visit. Standing on the stairs, from left to right: First Lady Bess Truman, Miss Margaret Truman, Admiral William Leahy, John R. Steelman, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Admiral James Foskett. Other sailors are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman Aboard the Carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and Admiral William Leahy (second from left) converses with Admiral Chester Nimitz (left) and Admiral Marc Mitscher (right) aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Eighth Fleet war games off the Virginia Capes.
President Harry S. Truman and Members of His Party On Board the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Harry S. Truman and members of his party aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as they observed naval exercises of the Eighth Fleet off the Virginia Capes. From left to right; unidentified naval officer; unidentified man; Captain Clark Clifford; Admiral William Leahy; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Colonel Wallace Graham; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; William D. Hassett; President Harry S. Truman; Edwin Locke; John R. Steelman; Colonel Harry Vaughan; and unidentified man.
President Harry S. Truman Shares Dinner Onboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Harry S. Truman, members of his party, and United States Navy officers eat dinner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the Eighth Fleet's naval exercises off the Virginia Capes. Seated clockwise around the table, from the center foreground: unidentified; John R. Steelman; unidentified naval officer; unidentified man; Admiral William D. Leahy; President Harry S. Truman; Admiral Marc A. Mitscher; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; unidentified man (obscured); Press Secretary Charles Ross; and two unidentified men.
Bess and Margaret Truman Leaving the USS Missouri
From left to right John R. Steelman (partially obscured), Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman and an unidentified naval officer are pictured as they leave the USS Missouri in Norfolk, Virginia. The Trumans and Mr. Steelman were returning from the Rio Conference held in Brazil in 1947. All others are unidentified.