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With the King and Queen she toured London's bomb-gutted East End. In lofty St. Paul's she bowed her head before the ornate sarcophogi of Nelson and Wellington; in a cavernous bomb shelter (8,000 capacity) she was particularly interested in the children's toothbrush rack. When she got to the Red Cross's Washington Club on Curzon Street, the American doughboys greeted her with shouts of "Hi, Eleanor." In a short speech in the cafeteria-filled with the good smell of hot coffee and doughnuts-she made a motherly promise to the troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Return Visit | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

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