General Giraud pays tribute to Unknown Soldier

Photograph of General Henri Giraud (center), Brigadier General Louis J. Fortier, Major General John T. Lewis, and other military personnel paying tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Virginia, circa 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "General Giraud pays tribute to unknown soldier. Before the tomb of American's Unknown Soldier of the last war, at Arlington National Cemetery, near the U.S. capital of Washington, General Henri Honore Giraud (center), Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in North and West Africa and co-Chairman of the French Committee of National Liberation, lays a wreath and salutes. General Giraud visited several American shrines while in the U.S. for a series of conferences with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Allied military leaders. As he stood before the tomb, General Giraud said he was profoundly moved. Behind Gen. Giraud are Brig. Gen. L.J. Fortier (left), liaison officer of the U.S. Army, and Maj. Gen. John T. Lewis, commanding general of the Military District of Washington. 13256-PME. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority. Not for use in England, Scotland, Australia or Western Hemisphere."