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The President with L. Curtis Tiernan

63-1453-5
Accession Number
63-1453-5
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348307135
Keywords
Clergy
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidents
HST Keywords
Potsdam - General file; Truman - Potsdam - Berlin
People Pictured
Tiernan, L. Curtis, 1884-1960
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Credit:
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (foreground, let) attended Catholic Mass at 11:30 a.m., conducted by Father L. Curtis Tiernan, Chief Chaplain of the United States Army Forces in the European theater (foreground, in white). Father Tiernan had known President Truman from World War I when Father Tiernan was the chaplain for the 129th Field Artillery of the 35th Division (in which Harry Truman served). President Truman is in Germany, attending the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From the album, number 2, "President Truman's trip to Potsdam."
Date(s)
July 22, 1945