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President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Truman, and Margaret on the deck of the USS Missouri returning from Brazil

2009-1667
Accession Number
2009-1667
3.5x4.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348546870
Related Collection
Papers of Harry S. Truman Pertaining to Family, Business, and Personal Affairs
Keywords
Battleships
Children of presidents
First ladies
Presidential trips
Presidents
Ships
HST Keywords
Ships - U S S Missouri - Brazil Trip; Truman - Trips - Brazil - 1947; Truman - Family - Wife - Daughter - 1947; Truman - Ships - U S S. Missouri; Truman - Bess - Trips - Brazil - 1947; Truman - Bess - Family - HST-MT - Presidency; Truman - Margaret - Trips - Brazil - 1947; Truman - Margaret - Family - HST & Bess - Presidency
People Pictured
Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
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Description
President Harry S. Truman (with binoculars), daughter Margaret, and Bess Truman stand on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri, witnessing the firing of five salvos from turret one of the ship's main battery during the return trip from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Norfolk, Virginia. (See also 69-325 and 92-2.) From: Truman Home.
Date(s)
September 15, 1947