Marks, Ted, b. 1882

President Harry S. Truman is chatting with several members of his vacation party who have just boarded the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. From left to right: Colonel Wallace Graham (far left, in swim trunks); Reconstruction Finance Corporation Director George Allen (behind Graham, mostly obscured by Truman), President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Ted Marks, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (back to camera), Press Secretary Charles Ross, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, and Major General Harry Vaughan.

Captain Ted Marks (left) and Captain Newell T. Paterson (right),standing in front of a United States flag on July 4, 1918, at Brain-Sur-Authion in France. They are officers in the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, United States Army. From: 35th Division scrapbook

A group of officers of the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, United States Army, with civilians in Nice, France in 1918. Captain Harry S. Truman second from left, Captain Newell Paterson, left, Captain Spencer Salisbury, center, Captain Theodore Marks, third from right. All others are unidentified. From: 35th Division scrapbook

Captain Ted Marks (left) and Major Thomas McGee (right) of the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, United States Army, by a train after World War I. From: 35th Division scrapbook

Theodore (Ted) Marks is pictured in his home in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Marks was a close friend of Harry S. Truman, as well as a fellow captain in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I.

Theodore (Ted) Marks is pictured in his home in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Marks was a close friend of Harry S. Truman, as well as a fellow captain in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with back to camera) and others on board the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg during a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford; Ted Marks; unidentified Navy officer; unidentified man; Press Secretary Charles Ross (back to camera); Major General Harry Vaughan; George Allen; and President Truman.

While on a cruise to Bermuda, President Harry S. Truman and members of his party relax on the fantail of the yacht Williamsburg. From left to right: President Truman, Captain James Foskett, and Truman's friend Ted Marks.

Smiling, President Harry S. Truman (center) returns aboard the SS Williamsburg after his swim. The SS Williamsburg is carrying the President on his vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II" From James Foskett.

President Harry S. Truman's longtime friend, Ted Marks, relaxes on the fantail of the yacht Williamsburg, en route to Bermuda. Man in background is unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."