Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman. 1957 - 2004. President Harry S. Truman and Staff Members at Fort Jefferson

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Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman. 1957 - 2004. President Harry S. Truman and Staff Members at Fort Jefferson

1951

Caption: From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Major General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and William D. Hassett at Fort Jefferson National Monument. President Truman visited Fort Jefferson during his vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Others are unidentified.

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

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

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Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer who served as the senior-most United States military officer on active duty during World War II. He held multiple titles and was at the center of all major military decisions the United States made in World War II. As Chief of Naval Operations from 1937 to 1939, he was the senior officer in the United States Navy, overseeing the preparations for war. After retiring from the Navy, he was appointed in...

Hassett, William D., 1880-1965

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William D. Hassett (1880-1965) was born in Northfield, Vermont. He attended Clark University from 1902 to 1904, then became a reporter for the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont). In 1909, Hassett went to Washington, D.C., where he continued his newspaper career with the Washington Post and the Associated Press, and also served as Washington correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer and the New York Telegram. From 1921 to 1925, he served in London as correspondent for the Philadelphia Pu...

Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981

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Harry H. Vaughan (b. 1893-d. 1981), Major General in the U.S. Army, served as military aide to the Vice-President in 1945 and to the President of the United States from 1945 to 1953. He retired from Army service in 1953. From the description of Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10572649 Army officer. From the description of Papers, ca. 1918-1973 (bulk1942-1945). (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70...