Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972

Captain James K. Vardaman Jr., USNR, is the new naval aide to President Truman. He is a native of Mississippi From: Beth Gore.

Latest portrait of Captain James K. Vardaman, Naval Aide to President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr., left, was sworn in today as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, leaving his post as Naval Aide to President Truman; and Captain Clark M. Clifford, St. Louis attorney, right, is to succeed Vardaman as the President's Naval Aide. The pair is shown here congratulating each other. From: Beth Gore.

Left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Admiral Harold Stark, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Ambassador Charles Sawyer, President Harry S. Truman, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Captain James Vardaman at Antwerp, Belgium. The presidential party has just arrived on the U. S. S. Augusta, en route to the Potsdam Conference. From the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, waving hat) acknowledges greetings from the shore as the USS Augusta arrives in Antwerp, Belgium. President Truman and his party are en route to the Potsdam Conference. Seated on President Truman's left is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right, are Captain James Vardaman, Secretary of State James Byrnes (partly obscured), and Admiral William Leahy. All others are unidentified. From the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (seated, right) on a boat approaching Antwerp, Belgium. President Truman is en route to the Potsdam Conference. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right, is Captain James Vardaman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and Admiral William D. Leahy. Others are unidentified. From the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

In a ceremony held for the first time since the end of Word War II, President Harry S. Truman receives His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Ilah, Regent of Iraq. The Prince and President Truman are shown standing on the White House's front portico, with the honor guard. Standing to the left, second row, is the President's military aid, Col. Harry Vaughan. To the right in the second row is Capt. James K. Vardaman, the President's Naval aid. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman looks out at an audience of hundreds of delegates from nations all over the world who met together and drew up a United Nations Charter to insure world peace in the future. The United Nations Conference on International Organizations, held at the San Francisco, California Opera House, closed after nine weeks of study and debate. President Truman is to deliver the closing address. Left to right: Unidentified man, President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, Edward Stettinius (Secretary of State), Captain James Vardaman, and Alger Hiss.

An unknown man speaks at the United Nations Conference on International Organizations, held at the San Francisco, California Opera House. President Harry S. Truman is scheduled to deliver the closing address to hundreds of delegates from nations all over the world who met and drew up a United Nations Charter to insure world peace in the future. Behind the speaker, from left to right, are: Alger Hiss, Secretary of State Edward Stettinus, President Truman, and an unknown person. Naval Aide Captain James Vardaman is sitting at the far right.

Commodore James K. Vardaman, Jr., left, was sworn in today as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, leaving his post as Naval Aide to President Truman, and Captain Clark M. Clifford, St. Louis attorney, right, is to succeed Vardaman as the President's Naval Aide. The pair are shown here congratulating each other. From: Beth Gore