Roosevelt meets with King Abdul Aziz: U.S. builds the Dhahran Airfield
Roosevelt meets with King Abdul Aziz, The Dhahran Airfield and Civil Air Terminal By Nate Herring On February 14, 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy in the Great Bitter Lake on the Suez Canal. This meeting would have lasting implications on U.S. – Saudi …