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President Harry S. Truman and Others on the Well Deck of the USS Augusta

63-1453-41
Accession Number
63-1453-41
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348307117
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Naval officers
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidential press secretaries
Presidents
HST Keywords
Potsdam - U. S. S. Augusta; Ships - U. S. S. Augusta - Truman aboard; Ships - Philadelphia; Truman - Potsdam - U. S. S. Augusta
People Pictured
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vardaman, James K. (James Kimble), 1894-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Rights

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Credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Foreground, from left to right: Captain James Vardaman, General Harry Vaughan, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and President Harry S. Truman on the well deck of the U. S. S. Augusta off the coast of Plymouth, England where President Truman will depart for the United States after attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. The cruiser Philadelphia is in the background. It is the escort ship for the U. S. S. Augusta. Others are unidentified. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."
Date(s)
August 2, 1945