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Truman shaking hands with Admiral Mitscher

73-2247
Accession Number
73-2247
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338955592
Keywords
Award presentations
Naval officers
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Giving - Medals - Other; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Navy
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (left) on the White House lawn shaking hands with Admiral Marc Mitscher (right), commander of the 8th Fleet and wartime commander of Task Force 58, during a ceremony in which the President awarded Presidential Unit Citations to eight U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The aircraft carriers honored were the BELLEAU WOOD, BUNKER HILL, CABOT, ESSEX, HORNET, LEXINGTON, SAN JACINTO, and YORKTOWN.
Date(s)
July 16, 1946