My Grandfather with Shirley Temple at His Purple Heart Ceremony in 1945

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remainhappy on December 2nd, 2017 at 17:41 UTC »

He looks as starstruck as he should be, great photo.

goofball_jones on December 2nd, 2017 at 19:48 UTC »

She's about 17 here

DarklyNought on December 3rd, 2017 at 00:35 UTC »

Shirley Temple led an interesting life after her career in Hollywood.

After a failed run for Congress in California, she worked in foreign affairs for the United States and was appointed as a delegate to the UN General Assembly by Richard Nixon, a US Ambassador to Ghana by Gerald Ford, and was the first female Chief of Protocol, in charge of Jimmy Carter’s inauguration and inaugural ball.

She was also a US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia under George H W Bush, strongly supported anti-communist dissidents, and was present in the Velvet Revolution.

Fascinating lady.