Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950

President Harry S. Truman watches the football game between Pennsylvania State University and the United States Naval Academy during his visit to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (from left to right): Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey) Fitch; President Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President. Second row (from left to right): Brigadier General Wallace Graham; Ralph D.

Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan and Press Secretary Charles Ross compare notes on the deck of the ship Lenore en route to Cornell-Navy crew races at Annapolis, Maryland, during President Harry S. Truman's visit to the U.S. Naval Academy. From: Naval Photo Center sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and others on the deck of the Williamsburg en route to the Cornell-Navy crew races. Left to right are: President Harry S. Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan, and Clark Clifford. (Same as 98-783). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and others on the deck of the ship Lenore en route to the Cornell-Navy crew races at Annapolis, Maryland. Left to right are: Clark Clifford, President Harry S. Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan. (Same as 98-788) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (left), Press Secretary Charles Ross (right), and unidentified others stand on the deck of the boat Lenore watching the Cornell-Navy crew races during a visit to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. (Same as 98-793) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman views the noon meal formation from the steps of Bancroft Hall during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Foreground, from left to right: President Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Admiral of the Fleet William D. Leahy; and Presidential Press Secretary Mr. Charles Ross. Standing behind Secretary Forrestal, partly obscured, is Brigadier General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman watches a Drum and Bugle Corps during the noon meal formation in front of Bancroft Hall during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. President Truman is located in the center of the picture on the steps, in front of a light pole. Also present is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from right of President Truman), General Harry Vaughan (behind Forrestal, mostly obscured), Admiral William Leahy (fifth from President Truman), and Press Secretary Charles Ross (next to Admiral Leahy). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman arrives at the Santee Dock of the United States Naval Academy on the USS Williamsburg with others. From left to right: Brigadier General Wallace Graham; Captain James Foskett, Presidential Naval Aide; Mr. Edwin Locke; Presidential Press Secretary Mr. Charles Ross; President Truman; and Major General Vaughan, Presidential Military Aide. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (near center, in civilian clothes) shakes hands with an unidentified armed forces officers and says goodbye to unidentified men before leaving Wake Island. President Truman traveled to Wake Island to confer with General Douglas MacArthur. Also present is Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman (just behind and to the left of the President); Press Secretary Charles Ross (visible behind and to the right of Harriman); and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second man behind Ross). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Standing behind the President are, from left to right: unidentified man; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Stanley Woodward; John R. Steelman; Admiral William Leahy; William Hassett; William Bray; General Robert Landry; General Wallace Graham; and Eben Ayers. All others are unidentified.