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111-SC-163770

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt took time out from her lunch at First WAAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to thank a quartet of beaming WAAC cooks for the meal they had prepared at Consolidated Mess Hall. The First Lady make her first visit ot the headquarters of the Women's Army on St. Valentine's day accompanied by Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, WAAC Director. Mrs. Roosevelt and Director Hobby visited women soldiers in England recently. Date: 2/14/43. NARA REF#: 111-SC-163770.

 

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Uploaded on July 8, 2020