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Word: wittiamsburg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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...Wittiamsburg is a 14-year-old, twin-screw, diesel-powered ocean yacht once known as the Aras and owned by Maine Paper Manufacturer Hugh J. Chisholm. President Truman will have two double staterooms on the boat deck. One will have gold draperies, oyster-white leather chairs, blue walls; the other will be done in beige and green. There will be peach carpeting in the lounge, beige in the messroom. The presidential "head" will include a bathtub; guest staterooms will have showers. On the fantail Harry Truman and guests can relax under awnings, in lounge chairs. He will be free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: U. S. S. Williamsburg | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

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