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Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959

President Harry S. Truman Receives a Gift While in Cuba

President Harry S. Truman, seated on the back of the open car, receives a scrapbook from twelve year old William Barrett, son of Chief Pharmacist's Mate P.W. Barrett of the United States Navy, while Admiral William Leahy (front seat) looks on. Young Barrett presented the scrapbook to the President on behalf of his schoolmates during the President's visit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Army-Navy Football Game

President Harry S. Truman and guests at the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Front row, left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, President Truman, standing are Margaret Truman, and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Admiral Robert Dennison (standing, left); and General Robert Landry (second from left). All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, volume 8.