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President Harry S. Truman Shares Dinner Onboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt

2014-3787
Accession Number
2014-3787
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 348667421
Related Collection
Steelman, John R. Papers
Keywords
Cabinet officers
Dinners and dining
Naval officers
Presidential advisors
Presidential press secretaries
Presidents
Ships
HST Keywords
Truman - Ships - Franklin D. Roosevelt [aboard]; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Navy; Ships - U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt
People Pictured
Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Rights

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Credit:
U.S. Navy

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Description

President Harry S. Truman, members of his party, and United States Navy officers eat dinner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the Eighth Fleet's naval exercises off the Virginia Capes. Seated clockwise around the table, from the center foreground: unidentified; John R. Steelman; unidentified naval officer; unidentified man; Admiral William D. Leahy; President Harry S. Truman; Admiral Marc A. Mitscher; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; unidentified man (obscured); Press Secretary Charles Ross; and two unidentified men. Others in the background are unidentified. R. Steelman (left side of table closest to the camera) and President Harry S. Truman (last man on the left side of the table holding a napkin to his mouth) share a meal with the officers of the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt during their visit. The other participants are unidentified.

Date(s)
April 22, 1946