President Truman arrives at the Naval Academy

Armed services - Navy - Naval Academy; Maryland - Annapolis; Ships - Williamsburg - Trips - Naval Academy; Truman - Trips - 1946 - U. S. Naval Academy

People Pictured

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

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Fitch, Aubrey Wray, 1883-1978

Fletcher, Sam

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

Foskett, James H. (James Hicks), 1898-1961

Locke, Edwin Allen, 1910-

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

Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981

Wallace, Jesse R. (Jesse Rink), 1899-1961

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Description

President Harry S. Truman and his party receiving honors as they disembark from the President's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, at the U.S. Naval Academy: (left to right) Captain Sam Fletcher, United States Marine Corps; Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; Captain Jesse Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command; the President; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (partially obscured) Fleet Admiral William Leahy; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Captain James Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; White House aide Edwin Locke, Jr. (partially obscured); General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The presidential yacht Williamsburg is in the background. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Date(s)

November 16, 1946

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President Truman arrives at the Naval Academy