Eleanor Roosevelt visits New Caledonia, 1943

ID: 332 ~ Source: "[Eleanor Roosevelt, General Harmon, and Admiral Halsey in New Caledonia, 1943.]" Image. From National Archives:Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/195974 (accessed December 19, 2017). ~ Date: September 15, 1943
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Eleanor Roosevelt visits the troops on the island of New Caledonia in 1943 as part of her goodwill tour of the South Pacific. She is pictured with General Harmon and Admiral Halsey in front of a plane bearing the name of the First Lady.

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