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Photo #: NH 68076 President Franklin D. Roosevelt (center) Pleads his case before the Royal Court of "Shellbacks" as his "defense attorney" listens intently at left, during Neptune Ceremonies on board USS Indianapolis (CA-35), as she crosses the Equator in late November 1936. Indianapolis was then carrying the President and his party on a "Good Neighbor" cruise to South America. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, collection of Rear Admiral Paul H. Bastedo, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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31 December 1998