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Unidentified Man at Crossing the Equator Ceremony, USS Missouri

2015-2117
Accession Number
2015-2117
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350896084
Keywords
Presidential trips
Sailors
Ships
HST Keywords
Truman - Trips - Brazil - 1947
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Credit:
Eugene Van Vooren

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
An unidentified man dressed as a clergyman during a ceremony held to mark the USS Missouri crossing the equator. The ceremony took place en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Norfolk, Virginia during President Harry S. Truman's visit to Brazil. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
September 11, 1947