The Prime Minister's Return Journey Across the Atlantic, August, 1941
Churchill's trip to and from Newfoundland involved some risk. Submarines and German surface raiders prowled the Atlantic and, closer to Europe, there was always the possibility of long-range German air attack. Risking the wrath of isolationists in the United States, the Americans sent two U.S. destroyers to escort Churchill as far as Iceland on the return voyage. Roosevelt's son was aboard one of them. This photograph shows Churchill striding the deck of the British battleship Prince of Wales. |
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Object Details:
Copyprint. Prints
and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (127) LC-USZ62-19266
Related Theme:
American Presidents
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