Armed forces officers

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 reviews a Brigade of Midshipmen with Naval officers during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (left to right): Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and President Truman. Second row (left to right): Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Presidential Military Aide; Captain James H. Foskett, Presidential Military Aid; and Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command. All others are unidentified.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (left) and Rear Admiral Thomas Troubridge (right) of the British Forces on a ship during the Sicilian Campaign of World War II.

Major-General Horatio P. M. Berney-Ficklin with his 5th Division (light infantry) of the British Army during the Sicilian Campaign in World War II. Major-General Berney-Ficklin is the fifth person from the left (smoking a pipe). All others are unidentified.

Acting Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey sits with the staff of the 13th Corps of the British Army aboard a ship during the Sicilian Campaign of Word War II.

Major-General Horatio P. M. Berney-Ficklin of the British Army smokes a pipe on board a ship during the Sicilian Campaign in World War II.

Members of the British Armed Forces, standing from left to right: Acting Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey; Rear Admiral Thomas Troubridge; Sir Percy James Grigg, British Secretary of State for War; Captain Hammer; and Brigadier "Tony" Sugden. The men are aboard a ship during the Sicilian Campaign of World War II.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (second from right) and Rear Admiral Thomas Troubridge (right) of the British Forces inspect pigeons aboard a ship during the Sicilian Campaign of World War II.

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 reviews a Brigade during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (left to right): Midshipman J. D. Langston, Brigade Captain; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and President Truman. Second row (left to right): Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Presidential Military Aide; Captain James H. Foskett (partially obscured), Presidential Military Aid; and Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command. All others are unidentified.