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President Harry S. Truman (seated, second from right) holds a press conference during his vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Among those standing in the background are (from right to left): unidentified, David Bell, David Lloyd, unidentified, David Stowe, General Robert Landry, unidentified, William Hassett, two unidentified men, and Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.

Joseph Feeney (right), President Harry S. Truman's Legislative Assistant, reads the Order of the Day, commissioning David Stowe (left) a "Rear End Son" of the "Animal Husbandry Service." Others present (seated left to right): William Hassett, General Harry Vaughan, David Bell, Admiral William Leahy, and President Harry S. Truman. This event took place during President Truman's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party relax at the beach in Key West, Florida. From left: President Harry S. Truman, Clark Clifford, Donald Dawson, William Hassett (back to camera), Roger Tubby (back to camera), General Harry Vaughan (background, mostly obscured), Joseph Short, and Commander Leo Roberts.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party relax at "Truman Beach" in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified.

Admiral William Leahy (left) and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary (right), joined President Harry S. Truman on vacation in Key West, Florida.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party eat lunch on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, General Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter, and James V. Fitzgerald.

From left: Press Secretary Joseph Short, David Noyes, (standing) Dallas Halverstadt, and General Robert Landry in Key West, Florida. They joined their boss, President Harry S. Truman, on vacation in Key West. Others in the background are unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are sitting in the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front Row, left: Harold Enarson, Dr. John Steelman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter. Standing, left: Eben Ayers, David Stowe, General Wallace Graham, General Harry Vaughan, Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, Philleo Nash, and Charles Jackson.

President Harry S. Truman, center, seated, holds a press conference on the Little White House lawn in Key West, Florida during his vacation. Standing in the background, from left to right: six unidentified men, Admiral Robert Dennison, Admiral William Leahy, Sidney Souers, George Elsey, John Steelman, General Robert Landry, William Hassett, unidentified, Colonel Cornelius Mara, Press Secretary Joseph Short, and Joseph Feeney. All others are unidentified.

Arthur Prettyman, President Harry S. Truman's valet, displays President Truman's shirts that he wore in Key West, Florida during his vacation.