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Quincy Pact

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14 February 1945

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US Naval History and Heritage Command

President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia on board USS Quincy (CA-71) in the Great Bitter Lake, Egypt. The King is speaking to the interpreter, Colonel William A. Eddy, USMC. The President's aide and chief of staff, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, is standing at the left. Note the life raft mounted on the side of the 5/38 twin gun mount in the background.

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