Naval officers

Admiral William D. Leahy (right) and Stanley Woodward (left) hold two large fish they caught during their fishing excursion in Key West, Florida. They were in Key West as part of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party.

President Harry S. Truman (in white hat, far left) presents a medal to an unidentified naval officer during his vacation trip to Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman makes a brief address in a 15-minute ceremony held before an assembly of the Navy Fleet Sonar School at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida. President Truman also presented diplomas to the graduates. President Truman was in Florida for his vacation. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman welcomes General George Marshall and William Pawley to The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Truman; General Marshall; William Pawley.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center, holding hat and cane) exchanges fish stories with Admiral Robert Dennison (second from right) and General Robert Landry (right) after returning from a fishing trip at Key West, Florida as part of President Truman's vacation. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Harry S. Truman, General George C. Marshall and William Pawley, former ambassador to Brazil. They are in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See 2012-584) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman chats with an unidentified Congressional Medal of Honor winner at the Naval Base at Key West, Florida. The other military personnel are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

On hand at the airport at Boca Chica, Florida, to meet President Harry S. Truman as he disembarked from the Independence for a vacation, were Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (right) and Captain Cecil C. Adell, USN, Commander of the Key West naval base (center). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman greets news photographers upon their late arrival at the Boca Chica airport with an inquiry as to why they were late and "interviews" Robert G. Nixon, President of the White House Correspondents Association (in front of Truman). Standing behind President Truman, in uniform, is Admiral William Leahy. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

An unidentified Naval officer stands in front of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. The photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's post-election vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.