Elanor Roosevelt in the Panama Canal Zone during World War Two.
1942 Elanor Roosevelt visited Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Not a large event, in the overall context of things, but something memorable locally.
She was a political force in her own right, something that was well appreciated during her own time. Arguably politically to the left of her husband, the era guaranteed that her role would be largely behind the scenes, but it was as out in the open as the times would allow and then some. Given her husband's role and his limited mobility, she took on roles that were really unique for a First Lady up until then, and frankly up until the present time.
In big, and disastrous, events:
Today in World War II History—March 1, 1942: In the Battle of Sunda Strait off Java, Japanese ships sink heavy cruiser USS Houston, light cruiser HMAS Perth, and Dutch destroyer Evertsen.
The Japanese also sank the HMS Exeter, the HMS Encounter and the USS Pope. It was not a good day, although US ships sank five Japanese transports.
The USS Pecos was sunk by a Japanese dive bomber and the USS Edsall was sunk by surface fore from Japanese battleships.
The Navy, as her blog relates, had the first victory against a U-boat, that scored by a Hudson flying off of Newfoundland.
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