File:FDR luncheon Adak Island August 3, 1944.jpg

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On August 3, 1944, approximately 160 Army, Navy, Marine and Seabee personnel on duty at Adak, Alaska, gathered for a luncheon with President Franklin D, Roosevelt during his tour of Pacific military bases.

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80-G-46219: President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, during his tour of Pacific Bases. A general view of the Quonset Hut mess hall with the speaker’s table in the background. Soldiers, sailors and Marines were the only luncheon guests, in addition to the two Commanding Officers of the base, at the head table with President Roosevelt. Released August 11, 1944. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/05).

  • FDR Day by Day for August 3, 1944: Adak, AK, 12:20pm. FDR dep. Adm. Whiting's quarters for the nearby Chief Petty Officers' mess hall (a Quonset hut) , where he lunched with a representative service group of enlisted men. Approximately 160 men were present, proportionately chosen from the Army, Navy, Marine and Seabee personnel on duty at Adak. Two enlisted men were chosen by lot to sit at FDR's table. Those so seated were (to FDR's left) Pvt. Ferdinand Rutscher, USA, 19 Linley Ave., Irvington, NJ and (to FDR's right) Pvt. William L. Goff, USMC, Batesville, AK. Note: After lunch the President made a talk to the men which was enthusiastically received.
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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