Reilly of the White House
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- Synopsis
- A fascinating memoir by Michael Reilly about his years as the head of the White House Secret Service detail entrusted with keeping President Franklin D. Roosevelt safe during World War II. Reilly gives the inside scoop on how it was done, from borrowing Al Capone's confiscated armored car from the Treasury to move FDR about, to innovating the idea of a secret elevator inside a C-54 transport plane so the disabled President could safely move about the world without being discovered. Facing problems as ordinary as finding a way to burn confidential military dispatches in the White House furnaces without fragments drifting out of the chimneys (Reilly borrowed popcorn baskets from the kitchens), to the exotic (how do you convince the King of Saudi Arabia to come to a secret meeting with the President when the King insists he must bring along his tents, his rugs, all his relatives and his personal flock of sheep? Easy -- transport the King, his entire entourage and the sheep on the fantail of a United States destroyer), Reilly found a way to meet the extraordinary demands of keeping a war-time president safe at home and abroad.
- Copyright:
- 1947
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 248 Pages
- Publisher:
- Simon and Schuster
- Date of Addition:
- 11/16/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Michael F. Reilly and William J. Slocum
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- BookMouse
- Proofread By:
- BookMouse
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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