Truman Photo

[Gunny]

I finally found it









that's Truman with SOS James Byrne's on board the USS Augusta (CA-31) on the trip to Potsdam for the conference with Churchill and Stalin. in the back ground is my dad's cruiser the USS Philadelphia (CL-41) while I knew his ship was an escort this is the first photo i found of it. I think it was Byrne's who convinced Truman to use the bombs on Japan or else face the wrath of the American people in the post war or even face impeachments.




Sitting (from left): Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin, and behind: Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy, Ernest Bevin, James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

Why? You put effort into looking up Truman? The guy who took the military out of the hands of the military? Or is there more to the story?

[namvet]

Why? You put effort into looking up Truman? The guy who took the military out of the hands of the military? Or is there more to the story?

the effort was put into finding my dad's cruiser on this trip. if Truman was in the way so be it

[Gunny]

the effort was put into finding my dad's cruiser on this trip. if Truman was in the way so be it

Ah. Gotcha. Is your dad in the photos?

[namvet]

Ah. Gotcha. Is your dad in the photos?

do you see him??

[Gunny]

the effort was put into finding my dad's cruiser on this trip. if Truman was in the way so be it

And I apologize, I can hardly read right now until I replace my glasses. Guess you missed THAT post. Been skimming a lot. So your dad was on the USS Philadelphia? Cool.

I just have to wonder what people would do NOW if they had to get on a ship for transportation. They've turned planes into busses with wings. I can see them all hanging over the rails now.

[Abbey Marie]

Alert: "Girl" comment ahead...


It's actually cute how he turned his hat sideways for the picture.

Perhaps a foreshadowing of the morons who do that with baseball hats this decade?

[indago]

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It's actually cute how he turned his hat sideways for the picture.

Perhaps a foreshadowing of the morons who do that with baseball hats this decade?

Nobody turned their hat sideways for the picture!

[revelarts]

Why? You put effort into looking up Truman? The guy who took the military out of the hands of the military? Or is there more to the story?

the founders never wanted a standing army ANYWAY.
And the military is always suppose to be under civilian control to avoid a police state and military dictatorship in the U.S..
You know this but somehow it seems you don't like it much when the military don't git it's way.

[Elessar]

the founders never wanted a standing army ANYWAY.
And the military is always suppose to be under civilian control to avoid a police state and military dictatorship in the U.S..
You know this but somehow it seems you don't like it much when the military don't git it's way.

Partially true.

You just do not like military apparently.

[Gunny]

the founders never wanted a standing army ANYWAY.
And the military is always suppose to be under civilian control to avoid a police state and military dictatorship in the U.S..
You know this but somehow it seems you don't like it much when the military don't git it's way.

Overstating the obvious Rev? Can't have your cake and eat it too. The nature of the world and politics dictates a standing army. And the left has done and will do its best to disarm the citizenry. Calling the dictatorship we currently live in by any other name makes it no less a dictatorship. What's the difference between a military dictatorship and Obama's executive orders? WE believe in the US Constitution is the difference.

[Drummond]

Why? You put effort into looking up Truman? The guy who took the military out of the hands of the military? Or is there more to the story?

.. besides, the photos include Churchill. That justifies them, all on its own ...

[indago]

.. besides, the photos include Churchill. That justifies them, all on its own ...

Speaking of Churchill, a few years back I was watching a program about a famous phographer, who was appointed to photograph Churchill. He waited outside the door in the hall of a building where Churchill was at a meeting during the WWII. He waited patiently, camera on tripod, ready. When the meeting was over, the participants came out of the room, Churchill among them. The photographer called to him and asked him if he would stop for a moment to be photographed. Churchill stood still for a moment looking at the camera. He had a cigar in his mouth. The photographer asked him if he would remove the cigar. Churchill just looked at him and didn't move. Finally the photographer walked up to him and took the cigar out of his mouth and went back to his camera and pushed the plunger. Ergo, the famous photograph of Churchill scowling at the camera. He was rather miffed at the affrontery of the photographer.