File:FDR on quincy.jpg

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The U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia" class="extiw" title="en:Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia">King Ibn Saud</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" class="extiw" title="en:Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, on board the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) in the Great Bitter Lake, Egypt, on 14 February 1945. The King is speaking to the interpreter, Colonel William A. Eddy, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" class="extiw" title="en:United States Marine Corps">USMC</a>. Fleet Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Leahy" class="extiw" title="en:William D. Leahy">William D. Leahy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" class="extiw" title="en:United States Navy">USN</a>, the President's Aide and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" class="extiw" title="en:White House Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a>, is at left. Note the ornate carpet on the ship's deck, and the life raft mounted on the side of the 5"/38 twin gun mount in the background.

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current23:32, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 23:32, 4 January 20171,280 × 1,007 (386 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)The U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia" class="extiw" title="en:Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia">King Ibn Saud</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" class="extiw" title="en:Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, on board the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS <i>Quincy</i> (CA-71) in the Great Bitter Lake, Egypt, on 14 February 1945. The King is speaking to the interpreter, Colonel William A. Eddy, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" class="extiw" title="en:United States Marine Corps">USMC</a>. Fleet Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Leahy" class="extiw" title="en:William D. Leahy">William D. Leahy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" class="extiw" title="en:United States Navy">USN</a>, the President's Aide and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" class="extiw" title="en:White House Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a>, is at left. Note the ornate carpet on the ship's deck, and the life raft mounted on the side of the 5"/38 twin gun mount in the background.
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