Truman_Byrnes_greeting_HMS_Hambledon_1945.jpg

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The U.S. president Harry S. Truman and foreign minister James Byrnes acknowledge honours rendered by the British Hunt-class destroyer HMS Hambledon (L37) which had escorted U.S. cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) to the River Scheldt in the Netherlands on 15 August 1945. Truman and Byrnes were traveling to the Potsdam Conference in Germany.

Date

Taken on 15 August 1945

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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration , cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 198752 .

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HMS Hambledon

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15 August 1945

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