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Which U.S. president went to great lengths to keep photographers from capturing images of him in his wheelchair, including during the 1945 Yalta Conference?
Answer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt, paralyzed from the waist down since a 1921 polio infection, worked closely with the press and Secret Service to ensure he was rarely photographed in his wheelchair, a practice maintained even as his health declined at Yalta.
💡 Did you know?
At Yalta, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin agreed on post-war Europe while Roosevelt was secretly dying of polio and concealed his wheelchair from photographers.
Other options people guess
- Woodrow Wilson
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
Topics
- yalta
- wwii
- roosevelt
- 1940s
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