Adell, Cecil C., U.S. Navy officer

President Harry S. Truman driving from the airport to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Truman, Captain Cecil Adell, Admiral William D. Leahy.

President Harry S. Truman driving from the airport to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Truman, Captain Cecil Adell, Admiral William D. Leahy.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Captain Cecil Adell upon Truman's arrival in Key West.

President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman on the way to the beach during a vacation in Key West, Florida, November 30, 1951. From left to right, in front: President Truman, Margaret, and Captain Cecil Adell. In back from left to right: unidentified Secret Service agent, General Harry Vaughan, Stanley Woodward, Commander Horace D. Warden, and Donald Dawson.

The first family arrives by airplane at Boca Chica, Key West, Florida. Left to right: First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Captain Adell, Press Secretary Charles Ross (rear), Representative George Smathers. In the background is the Independence. Press and US Military are also present. See also:2006-233 or 66-944. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with United States Navy officer George M. Brown, just before his retirement on December 1, 1951. From left to right: Martin J. Bower, George M. Brown, Secret Service agent R. J. Jamison, President Truman, Captain Cecil Adell (mostly obscured), and Rear Admiral Robert Dennison. This ceremony took place during President Harry S. Truman's vacation to Key West, Florida, at the Boca Chica naval base.

President Harry S. Truman arrived here aboard the "Sacred Cow." He is shown as he left the airport for the naval base. L to R: Captain Cecil Adell, Commander of the Key West Base, President Truman, and Admiral William D. Leahy. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (left) sits with military personnel in the back of a car. He is in Key West, Florida to visit the Little White House. Also in the car with President Truman is Captain Cecil Adell (center), and Admiral William D. Leahy. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) sits in the car during the Presidential motorcade as he arrives in Key West, Florida. Also seated in the back of the car are Captain Cecil Adell (center, in white uniform), and Admiral William Leahy. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives

From left to right, First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman are greeted by Captain Cecil Adell as they step off the plane at the Boca Chica airport in Florida. The President and family will continue on to Key West to begin their vacation. Visible in the background, second from the right, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. All others are unidentified.