Keywords: Truman Byrnes greeting HMS Hambledon 1945.jpg The U S president Harry S Truman and foreign minister James Byrnes acknowledge honours rendered by the British Hunt-class destroyer HMS Hambledon L37 which had escorted U S cruiser USS Augusta CA-31 to the River Scheldt in the Netherlands on 15 August 1945 Truman and Byrnes were traveling to the Potsdam Conference in Germany NARA-image 198752 1945-08-15 Author PD-USGov frame removed Hunt class destroyer Hambledon USS Augusta CA-31 Harry S Truman James Francis Byrnes August 1945 in the Netherlands Hat tipping Black and white photographs |