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[President Roosevelt seated at desk in White House with group standing around him: General Henri Honore Giraud, commander of French forces in Africa (left); Admiral William Leahy (far left); General George C. Marshall (right); and two of Giraud's aides (back)] – Vintage Wall Art

[President Roosevelt seated at desk in White House with group standing around him: General Henri Honore Giraud, commander of French forces in Africa (left); Admiral William Leahy (far left); General George C. Marshall (right); and two of Giraud's aides (back)], 1943 July 7. — historic photograph
[President Roosevelt seated at desk in White House with group standing around him: General Henri Honore Giraud, commander of French forces in Africa (left); Admiral William Leahy (far left); General George C. Marshall (right); and two of Giraud's aides (back)], 1943 July 7.. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

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A window into the past: [President Roosevelt seated at desk in White House with group standing around him: General Henri Honore Giraud, commander of French forces in Africa (left); Admiral William Leahy (far left); General George C. Marshall (right); and two of Giraud's aides (back)], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[President Roosevelt seated at desk in White House with group standing around him: General Henri Honore Giraud, commander of French forces in Africa (left); Admiral William Leahy (far left); General George C. Marshall (right); and two of Giraud's aides (back)]

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Gen. Henri Giraud, who took command of French forces in North Africa after the Allied landings there in November 1942, appears at the left of this group gathered around Franklin Roosevelt at the White House in July 1943. The visit came during a delicate stretch of Allied politics, as Giraud shared leadership of the French movement in Algiers with Charles de Gaulle and Washington worked to bring the anti-Vichy French forces together. Adm. William Leahy, Roosevelt's chief of staff, and Gen. George C. Marshall, the Army chief of staff, stand among the group, a reminder of the military planning at stake. The Associated Press photograph offers a glimpse of wartime diplomacy conducted in the president's office.

Created / published1943 July 7.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1940-1950.Group portraits 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesAP Photo. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Papers of James Louis Robertson. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1985:72 (Gen. Giraud's visit to U.S.)
SubjectsGiraud, Henri,--1879-1949--Military service. Marshall, George C. (George Catlett),--1880-1959--Military service. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. Leahy, William D.--Military service. Military officers--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-206229

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