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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

President Harry S. Truman Leaving the Naval Academy

President Harry S. Truman leaves the United States Naval Academy by car with others. Back row (left to right): President Truman; Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (partially obscured); and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. First row (left to right): Captain James Foskett, Presidential Naval Aide; and Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman Visits the Naval Academy

President Harry S. Truman reviews the Brigade of Midshipmen during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (from left to right): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; President Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. Second row (from left to right): Major General Harry H. Vaughan; Captain James H. Foskett, Presidential Naval Aide; Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command; and Captain William R. Smedberg, Aide to Secretary Forestall.

President Harry S. Truman Watches a Drum and Bugle Corps

President Harry S. Truman watches a Drum and Bugle Corps during the noon meal formation in front of Bancroft Hall during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. President Truman is located in the center of the picture on the steps, in front of a light pole. Also present is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from right of President Truman), General Harry Vaughan (behind Forrestal, mostly obscured), Admiral William Leahy (fifth from President Truman), and Press Secretary Charles Ross (next to Admiral Leahy). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and Members of His Party On Board the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as they observed naval exercises of the Eighth Fleet off the Virginia Capes. From left to right; unidentified naval officer; unidentified man; Captain Clark Clifford; Admiral William Leahy; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Colonel Wallace Graham; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; William D. Hassett; President Harry S. Truman; Edwin Locke; John R. Steelman; Colonel Harry Vaughan; and unidentified man.

President Harry S. Truman Shares Dinner Onboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Harry S. Truman, members of his party, and United States Navy officers eat dinner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the Eighth Fleet's naval exercises off the Virginia Capes. Seated clockwise around the table, from the center foreground: unidentified; John R. Steelman; unidentified naval officer; unidentified man; Admiral William D. Leahy; President Harry S. Truman; Admiral Marc A. Mitscher; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; unidentified man (obscured); Press Secretary Charles Ross; and two unidentified men.

Truman and Cabinet Members

President Truman and his Cabinet members pose for a picture in front of an unknown building. Left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson; and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug.

Truman and Cabinet Members

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet, in the Cabinet Room at the White House. Clockwise, from left; Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Vice-President Alben Barkley; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and Attorney General Tom Clark.

President and Cabinet

President Harry S. Truman with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Clockwise, from left: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of War Robert Patterson; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.