WWII - The black .45 Colt, just up from my right hand you can see, I was carrying on duty that day.

Mr. Billington and his wife are among my favorite teachers from London Central High School, RAF Bushy Park, Kingston/Teddington, London, GB in '56-'59. -- rfh

From: John Billington Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 Subject: Just up from my right hand you can see the black 45Colt I was carrying on duty that day.

This picture was taken at Castelvetrano, Sicily on 8 December 1943.  President Roosevelt was returning from the Tehran Conference with Churchill and Stalin.  I am the soldier in the background just to the right of George Patton's face.  They had just carried President Roosevelt back from  the Dining Hall to his jeep.  I heard Eisenhower tell Patton that if he was going along he had better hurry up and get in the jeep.  Patton quickly approached the back of the jeep and placing his right hand on the back spare tire vaulted into the back seat next to Eisenhower.  They soon left the dining hall returning to the airplane which then flew President Roosevelt to Tunisia.  It was 70 years ago that this picture was taken.  We saw it for the first time in May of 2013 at the FDR library in Hyde Park.  The library sent me an original. 8x10 copy. -- John Billington

Airport: Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy

General Patton → USA John Billington → General Eisenhower → President Roosevelt

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