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Elsey, George McKee, 1918-2015

The Presidential Party in Key West, Florida

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.

The President and Staff at Truman Beach

President Harry S. Truman and his staff spend a little time at Truman Beach while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: General Harry Vaughan (wearing sunglasses), General Wallace Graham, President Truman, Averell Harriman, George Elsey, Admiral Robert Dennison, and Charles Murphy (back to camera near lower left corner). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman on a Morning Walk on the Beach

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party take a walk on Truman Beach in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Colonel Cornelius J. Mara; Captain C.C. Adell; General Wallace Graham; Jerry McCann, Secret Service; W. Averell Harriman; H. J. Nicholson, Secret Service; Irving Perlmeter; William Rigdon; George Elsey; Milton Milski, Secret Service. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman Returns to the United States After the Potsdam Conference

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party aboard the USS Augusta as the ship entered Chesapeake Bay, returning President Truman from the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Fourth from left is ship's clerk Edwin L. Hoying; Captain James Vardaman is sixth from the left (in dark uniform); to his left is Press Secretary Charles Ross; to his left is Secretary of State James Byrnes; to his left is President Truman; and to his left is Admiral William Leahy. Lieutenant George Elsey is the tall person two rows behind President Truman.

Staff Picture Taken Outside of the Little White House at Key West

Staff photograph taken outside the Little White House, Key West during President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip. First row, left to right: Philip F. Maguire, Dr. Bruce D. Forsyth, George Elsey, Joseph Feeney, David Lloyd, Stephen Spingarn. Second row, left to right: Clark Clifford, William D. Hassett, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, President Harry S. Truman, John R. Steelman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. Third row, left to right: Charles S.

The Beach at Key West

President Harry S. Truman and select members of his staff sitting on Truman Beach while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing in the background, nearest the group, is George Elsey. Seated in the foreground are, from left to right: President Truman (wearing white hat, towel around his neck), General Harry Vaughan (laying back in chair), Correspondence Secretary William Hassett (in sunglasses), Admiral William Leahy, Sidney Souers, Admiral Robert Dennison, and John Steelman. All others are unidentified.

Presidential Party Luncheon at the Little White House, Key West, Florida

President Harry S. Truman (at large table in center) other members of his party eating lunch on the shady lawn of the Little White House, his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Philleo Nash, unidentified man (wearing glasses, partly obscured), William Hassett, George Elsey (back to camera, in wicker rocking chair), two unidentified men, Admiral William D. Leahy (in wicker rocking chair, back to camera), Richard Neustadt, President Truman, unidentified man, Matthew Connelly, Admiral Robert Dennison (mostly obscured by Feeney), and Joseph Feeney.

Admiral William Leahy Leads the Chow Line

Members of President Harry S. Truman's party serving themselves during a picnic lunch in the garden of the Little White House, while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing in the line, from left to right: Press Secretary Joseph Short, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly, Special Assistant Richard Neustadt, Special Assistant Philleo Nash (mostly obscured), Administrative Assistant George Elsey, unidentified (mostly obscured), Legislative Assistant Joseph Feeney, Admiral Robert Dennison, and Admiral William Leahy. President Harry S.