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President Truman Watches the Navy-Pennsylvania State Football Game

63-1314-03
Accession Number
63-1314-03
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 348304107
Related Collection
Foskett, James H. Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Football
Naval officers
Presidential advisors
Presidential press secretaries
Presidents
Universities and colleges
HST Keywords
Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Navy; Truman - Sports - Football - 1946-1947; Truman - Trips - U. S. Naval Academy - 1946
People Pictured
Fitch, Aubrey Wray, 1883-1978
Fitch, Gwyneth, 1891-1974
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Foskett, James H. (James Hicks), 1898-1961
Hetzel, Ralph Dorn, 1882-1947
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Locke, Edwin Allen, 1910-
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Graham, Wallace Harry, 1910-1996
Rights

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Credit:
U.S. Navy

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Description
President Harry S. Truman watches the football game between the United States Naval Academy and Pennsylvania State University during his visit to the Naval Academy in 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): Edwin Locke; Brigadier General Wallace Graham; Ralph D. Hetzel, President of Pennsylvania State College; General Harry H. Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; and Press Secretary Charles Ross.
Date(s)
November 16, 1946