President Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks

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30 – Calvin Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge welcomed the crew members of the Douglas World Cruiser first flight around the world upon their arrival in Washington on September 9, 1924. The crew successfully circumnavigated the globe in 175 days. Left to right: Lt. Leslie Arnold; Lt. Lowell Smith; President Calvin Coolidge; Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks; Lt. John Harding; Lt. Odgen and Lt. Leigh Wade posed standing in front of the Douglas World Cruiser DWC-2 Chicago.

The Chicago is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, and Arnold’s diary and scrapbook are in the Museum's Archives collections.

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September 09, 1924

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NAM-A-17047

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