3ĭinner at the White House on 22 December was at 20:30 for 17 people. 3 The party, which included Wilson, 12 soon reached the White House where they were ‘welcomed by Mrs Roosevelt, who thought of everything that could make our stay agreeable’. ‘I clasped his strong hand with comfort and pleasure’, wrote Churchill. 3 Churchill landed at Washington National Airport where the President was waiting in his car.
However, Churchill was impatient to end his journey after nearly ten days at sea, and arrangements were then made to fly Churchill from Hampton Roads to Washington. The Americans had therefore laid on a special train. 11 Roosevelt originally intended that Churchill and party should transfer to a destroyer then steam up the Potomac to Washington, but time was too short because of delays incurred during the sea voyage. The Duke of York dropped anchor off Hampton Roads just after 16:00 on 22 December. Churchill self-medicated with Mothersill's Seasick Remedy (hyoscine, chlorobutanol, caffeine) twice on the first day.
1 The Atlantic crossing was so rough that passengers were confined below decks for much of the journey. He was then taken by boat to the Duke of York, sister ship of the Prince of Wales, which had been sunk off Malaysia three days earlier. 11 Churchill left London by night train on the evening of 12 December 1 and reached Gourock, on the Clyde, on the morning of 13 December. The details of Churchill's journey to Washington are explained in considerable detail by Lavery.
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