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| Brigadier General Doyle Hickey, General Dwight Eisenhower, and US President Harry Truman, Neuisenberg, Germany, 26 Jul 1945 | British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and King George VI of the United Kingdom, Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom, 26 Jul 1945 |
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| Chart of Indianapolis' final voyage | General Dwight Eisenhower greeting US President Harry Truman, Frankfurt, Germany, 26 Jul 1945 |
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| Harry Truman and James Byrnes with Brigadier General A. G. Rolling at Heppenheim, Germany, 26 Jul 1945 | Harry Truman presenting Distinguished Service Medals to Henry Crerar, Arthur Coningham, James Robb, and Francis Guingand, Frankfurt, Germany, 26 Jul 1945 |
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| Indianapolis off Tinian, days before she was sunk, circa 26 Jul 1945 | Light carrier USS Cabot steaming from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on her way to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 26 Jul 1945 |
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| Stern view of USS Sunfish off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Jul 1945 |
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