Sailors

Snapshot of crew inspection on the USS OAHU, Kiukiang, China.

Snapshot of an "abandon ship" drill on the U.S.S. Oahu in Kiukiang, China.

Sailors in formation on the deck of an unidentified ship in Key West, Florida. From: The Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

1944-1945 era photo of members of the crew of the U.S.S. Missouri. The treaty ending World War II was signed aboard this ship.

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, walking towards the camera (left to right): unidentified, 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 (mostly obscured). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, back to camera), examines a statue of a figurehead from the USS Delaware on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. All others are unidentified.

A contingent of sailors and Marines line up between two buildings to await the arrival of President Harry S. Truman at the Boca Chica Naval Air Base, Florida for a vacation. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 transparency.

General Charles DeGaulle (with his back to the camera) speaks with an unidentified military officer. He appears to be presenting the officer with an award. Unidentified sailors stand in the background. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman presents six Congressional Medals of Honor. From left to right in the front are Private First Class Mike Colalillo, Captain Robert Hugo Dunlap, Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, President Truman, Sergeant Vernon McGarity, Lieutenant Frank Burke, and Master Sergeant Vito R. Bertoldo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (center of the window) stands in a window at City Hall in New York City, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (left of President Truman) while serenaded by a choir of Midshipmen. The plaque below him commemorates the fact that George Washington had stood near that spot while the Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Army. President Truman is in New York to attend Navy Day. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.