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Henry J. Kaiser, FDR’s Dynamo
Henry J. Kaiser, FDR’s DynamoSources: Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman Henry J. Kaiser was described as “a dynamo” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kaiser became the symbol of America as the “arsenal of...
Atlantic Conference With Winston Churchill The Foundation for the United Nations – August 1941
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY This presidential yacht, off the coast of New England for some relaxation and to escape the Washingtonheat and humidity. It was expected to be the usual fishing routine on the Potomac with the traditionaldaily...
Florida Fishing Trip 1941 & The Lend-Lease Act of 1941 (The Aid to Democracies Act)
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY The mooring was poor, the seas rough. The Presidential Yacht, the USS Potomac, was rolling continually from 25 to 30 degrees and yawed wildly during the night of March 26, 1941, while anchored at Settlement Point in the...
USS Potomac Passenger With Most On-board Miles (Franklin D. Roosevelt excepted)
Murray the Outlaw of FalahillFALAApril 17, 1940 – April 5, 1952Sources: Fala Biography - FDR Library & Museum, Hyde Park; US Navy Ship Logs USS Potomac (AG25) Fala was President Roosevelt’s usual companion on his many cruises on the USS Potomac, including in...
FDR’s Texas Fishing Trip – May 1937
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY FDR’s Texas Fishing Trip - May 1937 After dinner on April 27, 1937, FDR left the White House to overnight on his special train en route to New Orleans and a rendezvous with his Presidential Yacht USS Potomac. The train...
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Luncheon Cruise – June 9, 1939
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Luncheon Cruise - June 9, 1939 King George VI1 was the first reigning British monarch to visit the United States. It was June 1939, when war in Europe was imminent. Three months earlier,...