Sailors

View of the ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Sailors and ceremony attendees are visible.

View of the two ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Italian sailors can be seen on the decks.

View of ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Italian sailors can be seen on the decks.

President Harry S. Truman (in white cap bottom right) is saluted as he leaves the captured German submarine U-2513 at Key West, Florida. James H. Foskett (to right of Truman) and William D. Leahy (to right of Foskett) follow. All other sailors are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman arrives in a car at the Submarine Base in Key West, Florida for a brief vacation. Seated in the back seat of the lead car, from left to right: President Truman, Captain Cecil Adell, and Admiral William Leahy. Seated in the front passenger seat is Captain James Foskett. All others are unidentified.

Admiral William D. Leahy (left) and Stanley Woodward (right) 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. The sailor in the center is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (in white cap on left) shakes hands with unidentified military man after receiving plaque and scroll aboard the U-5213, declaring President Truman a "Qualified Submariner" after going on board the captured German submarine. Also present is Admiral William D. Leahy (foreground, left). Other sailors and officers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from left, in white cap) shakes hands with the medal winners: Commander G.W. Street, Commander I.S. Hartman, Commander G.H. Whiting, and Lieutenant G. W. Clark (unknown order). Rear Admiral James H. Foskett (to right of podium) and Admiral William D. Leahy (second back, to left of podium) and unidentified others look on. President Truman awarded two Gold Stars and two Bronze Star Medals during his vacation trip to Key West, Florida and his visit to a captured German World War II submarine.

President Harry S. Truman (in white cap), with Admiral James H. Foskett to his left, receives a bronze plaque and scroll from Lieutenant Commander J. B. Casler aboard the U-5213, declaring President Truman a "Qualified Submariner" after going on board the captured German submarine. Also present is Admiral William D. Leahy (foreground, left). Other sailors and officers are unidentified.

Sailors and Marines "man the rail" along the road leading from the airport to the Submarine Base at Key West, Florida, where President Harry S. Truman vacationed. All are unidentified.