Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959

Fleet Admiral William Leahy, the retired Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, sitting in the shade and watching members of President Harry S. Truman's party swimming off of Truman Beach during President Truman's vacation at Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman rides in a limousine that carries him to the Little White House, his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. In the back seat of the car, from left to right are: President Truman; Captain Cecil Adell, commanding officer of the naval base at Key West; and Admiral William D. Leahy. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman rides in a limousine that carries him to the Little White House, his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. In the back seat of the car, from left to right are: President Truman (partly obscured); Captain Cecil Adell, commanding officer of the naval base at Key West; and Admiral William D. Leahy. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waving to spectators from his limousine during his motorcade from the Boca Chica airport to Key West, at the beginning of his Florida vacation. Riding with him are Captain Cecil Adell (center) and Admiral William Leahy (far left). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman rides in a limousine that carries him to the Little White House, his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. In the back seat of the car, from left to right are: President Truman; Captain Cecil Adell, commanding officer of the naval base at Key West (mostly obscured); and Admiral William D. Leahy. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) in his limousine during the motorcade from Boca Chica airport to Key West, with Captain Cecil C. Adell, commander of the U. S. Naval Base at Key West (center), and Fleet Admiral William C. Leahy, retired Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief (right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman's limousine (back seat of first car, passenger side) leading a motorcade from the airport at Boca Chica to Key West, on the first day of his Florida vacation. In the back seat of the first car with President Truman are Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Naval Base at Key West (center), and Admiral William D. Leahy. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with his Military Aide, Major General Harry Vaughan (left), and Admiral William Leahy (right), returning from an unsuccessful fishing trip during the President's vacation at Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman holding a press conference with reporters and photographers in the north garden of the "Little White House," his vacation retreat at Key West, Florida. Standing in the back are, from left to right: two unidentified men, John Steelman, Captain Robert Dennison (partly obscured), President Truman, William Hassett, Eben Ayers, Colonel Robert Landry (partly obscured by Ayers), Clark Clifford (partly obscured by photographer), Admiral William Leahy, unidentified man, and Major General Harry Vaughan (in t-shirt). All others are unidentified.

Naval Aide to President Harry S. Truman, Captain Robert Dennison, poses with a 29-pound King Mackerel which he caught on a fishing expedition. With him, from left to right are: Major General Wallace Graham, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy (in background with hat and glasses), Eben Ayers (partly obscured), unidentified reporter, Colonel Robert Landry (mostly obscured), and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. They all joined President Harry S. Truman on his vacation at Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.