Senator Harry S. Truman and Vice Admiral Herbert Leary Shake Hands
Senator Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary (right) shaking hands at the launching of the USS Missouri.
Leary, Herbert F., 1885-1957
Margaret Truman and Naval Officers Christening the USS Missouri
Margaret Truman (second from left), Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, and Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary during christening ceremonies for the USS Missouri. The woman to the left of Margaret Truman is Jane Tunstall Lingo. Others are unidentified.
President Harry S. Truman Boards the USS Missouri
President Harry S. Truman (center) is piped aboard the USS Missouri on Navy Day in New York Harbor. Behind him are, from left to right, Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary, New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and Admiral William D. Leahy (partly obscured). The sailors in the foreground are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.