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Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party pose for a photo with the fish they caught during their fishing trip off of Key West, Florida. From left to right: Colonel Francis Williams, Plane Commander of the Independence; Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Smith, First Pilot of the Independence; and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary; unidentified man; and Horace D. Warden.

Press Secretary Joseph Short (standing, second from left) holds a press conference in Key West, Florida. Mr. Short and members of the press are in Key West covering President Harry S. Truman's vacation to the area. Also present is Roger Tubby (standing, third from left, in dark-framed glasses). All others are unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party relax on Truman Beach at Key West, Florida. Among those that can be identified are Eddie Jacobson (seated in shirt and slacks, left); John Steelman (standing, fourth from left, near post); Admiral Robert Dennison (standing, fifth from left, in dark sunglasses); Stanley Woodward (standing on opposite side of wall, in striped swim trunks); General Harry Vaughan (seated in from of Woodward, holding papers); and David Lloyd (seated, right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman sits looking over the grounds at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas, Florida. From left to right, Captain Cecil Adell, General Harry Vaughan, President Harry S. Truman, William Hassett, Joseph Short, and Admiral William Leahy. They are visiting Fort Jefferson during President Truman's vacation to Key West.

David Stowe, administrative assistant to President Harry S. Truman, is sitting in a chair on the lawn at the Little White House in Key West, Florida. He is in Key West where he joined President Harry S. Truman on vacation.

President Harry S. Truman seated with his presidential party at the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front row from left: Dr. John Steelman, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, President Truman, Admiral William Leahy, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett. Back row, from left: William Bray, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers.

President Harry S. Truman is seated with his vacation party that went to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Philleo Nash and Russell Andrews. Middle row, left to right: Matthew Connelly, John Steelman, President Harry S. Truman, William Hassett, Charles Ross. Back row, left to right: William Hopkins, David Stowe, General Wallace Graham, General Harry Vaughan, Clark Clifford, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, and George Elsey.

William Hassett, correspondence secretary, is seated on a bench in the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. He is in Key West where he joined President Harry S. Truman on vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center, standing) holds a press conference while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated on the far left, next to the sailor taking notes, is White House Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing in the background are, from left to right: Stanley Woodward, Admiral Robert Dennison, Mon Wallgren, Admiral William Leahy, General Robert Landry, Stuart Symington, Clark Clifford, and David Niles. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press and radio broadcast aboard the USS Williamsburg. President Harry S. Truman is seated fifth from left in the first row. Second row from left, unknown cameraman, Captain Robert Dennison, White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, General Wallace H. Graham, Dr. John Steelman, Mr. William Hassett, Lieutenant Moore, and Commander Donald McDonald. All other men in photograph are unidentified.