[Douglas MacArthur, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Chester W. Nimitz Onboard the U.S.S. Baltimore, #2]

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Photograph of General Douglas MacArthur, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sitting side by side on the U.S.S. Baltimore. General Douglas MacArthur sits on the left wearing light colored pants, a dark leather jacket, a dark brimmed hat with the U.S. Airforce emblem on the front and gold starts pinned to his collar. President Roosevelt sits smiling widely in the center in a light-colored and ill-fitted suit, a tie, rounded silver glasses and a light-colored hat with a black band. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sits on the right in his white Naval Officer uniform including a dark … continued below

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United States. Navy. July 26, 1944.

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Photograph of General Douglas MacArthur, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sitting side by side on the U.S.S. Baltimore. General Douglas MacArthur sits on the left wearing light colored pants, a dark leather jacket, a dark brimmed hat with the U.S. Airforce emblem on the front and gold starts pinned to his collar. President Roosevelt sits smiling widely in the center in a light-colored and ill-fitted suit, a tie, rounded silver glasses and a light-colored hat with a black band. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz sits on the right in his white Naval Officer uniform including a dark shoulder detail, ribbon bars above his pocket and a brimmed hat featuring the Navy's emblem on the front. A stack of helmets can be seen in the background between President Roosevelt and general MacArthur, as well as a crude ladder over General MacArthur's shoulder.

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Printed on the reverse: " 4581 CinCPac 8/10/44, Flanked by the two men directing the war against the Japanese in the pacific, President Roosevelt rest briefly aboard a warship of the Pacific Fleet. At the left is General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, and at the right Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas. CREDIT: Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Pacific Fleet. RELEASED OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH, If Published Credit Line Must Read - OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH, PACIFIC FLEET, Signed AR Bosworth, By Direction.".

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United States. Navy. [Douglas MacArthur, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Chester W. Nimitz Onboard the U.S.S. Baltimore, #2], photograph, July 26, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1629269/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.

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