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United States Military Exchange Ceremony in Italy

2012-2273
Accession Number
2012-2273
7x9.5
Black & White
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NAID 350380536
Related Collection
Dunn, James C. Papers
Keywords
Boats and boating
Naval ceremonies, honors, and salutes
Ships
Military exchanges
HST Keywords
Italy - Brindisi
Rights

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Credit:
Ministero Difesa, Italia

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
View of ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over these two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania.
Date(s)
December 6, 1951