Marines

Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.

Celebration of the 176th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair in glasses.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (second from right) at the 176th anniversary of the U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Navy Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (center) shown with two unidentified Marine Corps officers at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the 176th Anniversary of the U. S. Marine Corps.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (bow tie) with Marines during the 176th anniversary of the U. S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (center) inspects the Marine Guard at Naval Air Station JAX, Jacksonville, Florida.

Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair shakes hands with young Marine during a visit to the U. S. Naval Hospital in Miami, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) speaks with an unidentified Marine (foreground, left) at the ceremony to award the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Navy Station. President Truman was on vacation in Key West, Florida. Also present are General Harry Vaughan (background, left, in military uniform) and Admiral Robert Dennison (background, right, in uniform next to President Truman). Reporters and photographers in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman inspects the Marines who guard the "Little White House," his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. President Truman is in front of the formation in civilian clothes wearing a hat. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center in civilian clothes) inspecting the Marine guard at Key West Naval Station, Key West, Florida, attended by unidentified officers. Truman was in Key West on vacation.