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


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