Hawaiian surfing legend, Duke Kahanamoku, with FDR's sons Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and John Roosevelt at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. President Roosevelt, along with his sons, traveled aboard the USS Houston to Hawaii in 1934, which was the first visit of a sitting US president to the Territory. Duke Kahanamoku gave private surfing lessons to the Roosevelt sons and their party during their stay at Waikiki.

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Location: Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
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