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| Keywords: US Navy 070624-N-5345W-072 USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Commanding Officer, Capt. Herman Shelanski, left, and Michigan Senator Carl Levin (D), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, bow their heads in prayer.jpg en NORFOLK Va June 24 2007 - USS Harry S Truman CVN 75 Commanding Officer Capt Herman Shelanski left and Michigan Senator Carl Levin D Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee bow their heads in prayer at the commencement of the Torah dedication ceremony in the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier's hangar bay The holy Jewish Torah in the background one of the few scrolls from Lithuania to survive the Holocaust was presented to Truman by the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and will be on loan to Truman and displayed for 41 years or the duration of the ship's life The smaller Torah in the foreground known as the Truman Torah was presented to President Harry S Truman by Israel's first President Chaim Weizmann in gratitude for America's diplomatic recognition of the state of Israel in 1948 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson RELEASED 2007-06-24 070624-N-5345W-072 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 47490 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Carl Levin Naval Station Norfolk Aboard USS Harry S Truman CVN-75 Inauguration of Torah scrolls Herman A Shelanski | ||||
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