Hassett, William D. (William David), 1880-1965

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) presents the commission of "Rear End Son" to David Stowe (foreground, left), Administrative Assistant to the President, during the trip to Key West, Florida. Others present (background, left to right): William Hassett, General Harry Vaughan, David Bell, and Admiral William Leahy.

Admiral William Leahy (left) and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary (right), joined President Harry S. Truman on vacation in Key West, Florida.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party eat lunch on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, General Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter, and James V. Fitzgerald.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are sitting in the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front Row, left: Harold Enarson, Dr. John Steelman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter. Standing, left: Eben Ayers, David Stowe, General Wallace Graham, General Harry Vaughan, Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, Philleo Nash, and Charles Jackson.

President Harry S. Truman, center, seated, holds a press conference on the Little White House lawn in Key West, Florida during his vacation. Standing in the background, from left to right: six unidentified men, Admiral Robert Dennison, Admiral William Leahy, Sidney Souers, George Elsey, John Steelman, General Robert Landry, William Hassett, unidentified, Colonel Cornelius Mara, Press Secretary Joseph Short, and Joseph Feeney. All others are unidentified.

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.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party at a picnic during a visit to Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida. Pictured from left: Admiral Robert Dennison, Matthew Connelly, Joseph Short, William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy, Lieutenant Commander Leo Roberts, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are aboard the "Big Wheel," transferring from the USS Sarsfield to tour Fort Jefferson, FL. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy, General Wallace Graham, William Hassett, General Robert Landry, James Rowley, LCdr. Leo Roberts. President Truman is in the rear, in the white hat.

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.

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.