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President Roosevelt dies...
President Roosevelt dies...
Item # 705194
April 13, 1945
THE STARS AND STRIPES, Italy Edition, April 13, 1945 The 3-line banner headline announces: "PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DEAD AT 63" with a black-bordered photo of him. The report datelined at Washington, April 12, begins: "President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died this afternoon at 4:35 p.m...at his "little White House" at Warm Springs, Ga...".
The back page has a report of Harry S. Truman taking the oath as the new President.
Significant to have a report of the death of the commander-in-chief in this official military newspaper.
Eight pages, tabloid-size, nice condition.
Category: World War II
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