U.S. Navy

View of some stairs at Shangri-La. One in a series of interior and exterior views of the buildings in the complex. Shangri-La, now called Camp David, is a site for Presidential retreats. It is located in Maryland. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X 5 negative.

Interior view of a bedroom at Shangri-La. Shangri-La, now called Camp David, is a retreat center in Maryland. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

Interior view of a bedroom at Shangri-La. Shangri-La, in Maryland, is now called Camp David. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

Interior view of a cabin at Shangri-La. Shangri-La is now called Camp David. It is located in Maryland. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

Interior view of Shangri-La bedroom. Shangri-La, which has been renamed Camp David, is located in Maryland. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

This is a photo of the map of Shangri-La in Maryland. This map was drawn in June, 1942. Shangri-La was renamed Camp David. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

This is an interior view of the Main Lodge at Shangri-La in Maryland (now Camp David). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

View of the wooded area around Shangri-La, now known as Camp David. It is in Maryland. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

View which includes Stanley Woodward on the left and Charles S. Murphy in baseball cap to his right. Mr. Woodward was President Harry S. Truman's Chief of Protocol at the State Department, 1946-1950 and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada, 1950-1953. Mr. Murphy was President Truman's Administrative Assistant, 1947-1950 and Special Counsel to the President, 1950-1953. The sailor in view is not identified. The location is believed to be the destroyer Epperson and the visit occurred during a Key West, Florida trip.

Standing outside together in this photograph are the following left to right: Charles S. Murphy, Administrative Assistant to President Truman; Stanley Woodward, Chief of Protocol at the State Department; and William Hassett, President Truman's Correspondence Secretary. It is believed that they may be standing on or near the destroyer Epperson while on a trip to Key West, Florida.