Sailors

Group of Navy sailors holding a flag that says "33." Inscription indicates this was taken in California. Original photograph oversized.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in civilian clothes) inspects the personnel of the USS Missouri with the aid of Admiral James Foskett. Others are unidentified. From photograph album "President Truman's visit to Rio de Janeiro."

President Harry S. Truman inspects the personnel of the USS Missouri along with Admiral James Foskett. Admiral William Leahy can be seen at left, behind President Truman and Admiral Foskett. From photograph album "President Truman's visit to Rio de Janeiro."

Punished for being a pollywog, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman sits with King Neptune and his Royal Court during ceremonies as the Battleship U. S. S. Missouri crosses the Equator, September 11th, enroute back to the United States from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with the Presidential Party. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman smiles as he listens to charges lodged against him by the Royal Prosecutor, September 11th, as the battleship U. S. S. Missouri crosses the Equator during his trip from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman at mess with enlisted personnel and officers aboard the U. S. S. Augusta on his voyage to attend the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July 1945.

President Harry S. Truman at mess with enlisted personnel and officers aboard the U. S. S. Augusta on his voyage to attend the Potsdam Conference in Germany, July 1945.

Portrait of an unidentified sailor.

Sailors straddle a 16-inch gun on the forward turret of the U.S.S. Washington, which docked at Philadelphia to participate in the Navy Day celebration. The 25,000-ton battlewagon was built, launched and commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1941.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in civilian clothes) inspects the personnel of the U.S.S. Missouri accompanied by Admiral James Foskett (behind Truman). All others are unidentified. From the album, President Truman's visit to Rio de Janeiro.