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In reply to the discussion: Is the U.S. Crazy? [View all]Diclotican
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My grandfather on my mothers side - allways put some roses on FDRs statue in Oslo at the date when FDR died in 1944 - who stand in the shaddows of the Akershus Fortress and Castle - and he was also stationed there for man years as a officer in the army - and like clockwork every year - walked down to the statue - and gave his roses to the President who helped Norway so mutch under the war - when the rest of the world turned their faces away from the plight of norwgigians - your President was one of the few who was trying to help us as best as he could - and even housed our royal familiy in the White House for a while - when even the royal familiy in Sweden had no will to help them against the germans... Something that our current King Harald V, have stated rather clearly over the years - about the close conection between the Roosevelts and the royal familiy - King Olav V, who then was crown prince was good friends of the Roosevelts - and the whole royal familiy expressed deeply sadness when FDR died right at the eve of the World War Two's end in 1944 - the last trip to Yalta was rather hard on him I suspect...
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