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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Mon Aug 12, 2013, 09:00 AM Aug 2013

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Best President ever goes fishing during war..outrage

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Franklin D. Roosevelt fishing at Kodiak Island, Alaska.
August 7, 1944

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Best President ever goes fishing during war..outrage (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 OP

That kind of underlined that the Japanese were no longer in Alaska... Pholus Aug 2013 #1

I'm a little confused by the title of your post vi5 Aug 2013 #2

Fishing in a coat and tie. Gman Aug 2013 #3

Pholus

(4,062 posts)

1. That kind of underlined that the Japanese were no longer in Alaska...

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 09:10 AM

Aug 2013

Kind of an "in your face" moment. I hadn't heard about that trip before, but I appreciate why they took it.

vi5

(13,305 posts)

2. I'm a little confused by the title of your post

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 09:15 AM

Aug 2013

I don't see any pictures or stories about President Obama.

Gman

(24,780 posts)

3. Fishing in a coat and tie.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 09:34 AM

Aug 2013

Those were quite different times.

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