. >> we talked about elanor roosevelt was tie today navy and was so tragic about world war i that she saw soldiers bodies stacked up and was so deeply affected by this that this was a life-long interest for elenor, first of all, i don't know that the president didn't mind her being out of washington. [laughter] >> she was quite controversial as you know, she took three major trips to combat zones during the war and the second one to the south pacific and traveled for many hours in uninsulated military aircraft and shattered her eardrum and when she got to the bases, she walked 50 miles to see and shake almost every hand that she should so much so much that he arches fell just as a result of that particular trip. it is estimated that by the time when the war was over, she had taken 400,000 hands of members of the military, about 10% of the entire fighting force. so this war was personal for her and again she brought back her knowledge of what she learned to the white house, to the president and that was an important function. >> i would love to add, also she absolutely all described it