1944 Pearl Harbor Conference...
Item # 729834
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 11, 1944
* Pearl Harbor - Pacific Strategy Conference
* FDR - Douglas MacArthur - Chester W. Nimitz
The front page has a nice banner headline: "PRESIDENT MET M'ARTHUR AND NIMITZ IN HAWAII" with subheads and photo. (see images) More on page 3 with two more related photos and text of FDR's remarks.
Complete with all 28 pages, rag edition in great condition.
Background: The conclusion of the Pearl Harbor Conference on July 29, 1944, stands out as a uniquely rare moment in World War II history, blending critical military diplomacy with a deeply personal, heroic display by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Following high-stakes strategic debates where FDR ultimately backed General Douglas MacArthur’s plan to liberate the Philippines over Admiral Chester Nimitz's proposal to invade Formosa, the President held a press conference reiterating his firm policy of "unconditional surrender" for Japan. However, the most notable event occurred when FDR made an extraordinarily rare public breach of his guarded physical condition. Breaking with his lifelong practice of concealing his paralysis from the American public, Roosevelt deliberately allowed himself to be rolled in a wheelchair through the hospital wards of Honolulu to personally greet hundreds of wounded veterans who had suffered amputations and severe injuries. Marked as one of only three recorded times during his presidency that he openly displayed his physical disability to non-relatives, Roosevelt used his own paraplegia to demonstrate to the wounded troops that a physical handicap could be conquered, transforming a high-level strategic summit into a uniquely poignant, human chapter of the war effort.
The Office of War Information and military censors maintained strict press embargoes to ensure the President’s security as he traveled to and from the Pacific theater. Public reporting and official photographs of the historic Pearl Harbor meeting were officially cleared and released to the press on August 10, 1944—the second week of August—once FDR had safely departed Hawaii and made his way to the U.S. mainland.
* Pearl Harbor - Pacific Strategy Conference
* FDR - Douglas MacArthur - Chester W. Nimitz
The front page has a nice banner headline: "PRESIDENT MET M'ARTHUR AND NIMITZ IN HAWAII" with subheads and photo. (see images) More on page 3 with two more related photos and text of FDR's remarks.
Complete with all 28 pages, rag edition in great condition.
Background: The conclusion of the Pearl Harbor Conference on July 29, 1944, stands out as a uniquely rare moment in World War II history, blending critical military diplomacy with a deeply personal, heroic display by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Following high-stakes strategic debates where FDR ultimately backed General Douglas MacArthur’s plan to liberate the Philippines over Admiral Chester Nimitz's proposal to invade Formosa, the President held a press conference reiterating his firm policy of "unconditional surrender" for Japan. However, the most notable event occurred when FDR made an extraordinarily rare public breach of his guarded physical condition. Breaking with his lifelong practice of concealing his paralysis from the American public, Roosevelt deliberately allowed himself to be rolled in a wheelchair through the hospital wards of Honolulu to personally greet hundreds of wounded veterans who had suffered amputations and severe injuries. Marked as one of only three recorded times during his presidency that he openly displayed his physical disability to non-relatives, Roosevelt used his own paraplegia to demonstrate to the wounded troops that a physical handicap could be conquered, transforming a high-level strategic summit into a uniquely poignant, human chapter of the war effort.
The Office of War Information and military censors maintained strict press embargoes to ensure the President’s security as he traveled to and from the Pacific theater. Public reporting and official photographs of the historic Pearl Harbor meeting were officially cleared and released to the press on August 10, 1944—the second week of August—once FDR had safely departed Hawaii and made his way to the U.S. mainland.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$52
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