Military

We can show them our gratitude through our wholehearted support of the USO.

There has been some conversation about the Navy's activity in Shanghai. That is absolutely without foundation in fact.

I think of shell shock.

The Navy is fighting hard in every corner of the globe to bring victory to our cause.

I think they were too old to march 25 miles a day with heavy equipment.

They have given their sons to the military services.

What I have said to our American soldiers and sailors applies to all the young men and women of the United Nations who are facing our common enemies.

Battles cannot be fought and won without cost—we know that—and the cost may be heavy in ships and in men.

Without this work of conditioning, flesh and blood could not possibly meet the demands of this modern war.

The Secretary of War is authorized and directed immediately to take possession of and operate the plant of the S.A. Woods Machine Company located at South Boston, Massachusetts.

Enlisted men upon first enlistment, or upon reenlistment subsequent to expiration of three months from date of last discharge, shall be entitled to a cash clothing allowance of $133.81.

Retired enlisted men shall, upon reporting for active duty, be entitled to the cash clothing allowances prescribed in this order.

Enlisted men advanced to chief petty officer rating or to the rating of officers' cook or officers' steward shall be entitled to a cash clothing allowance of $250.

The use of such lands by the Secretary of War for military purposes would best carry out the land-conservation and land-utilization program for which such lands were acquired

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed immediately to take possession of and operate the plant of the General Cable Company.

A certificate by The Adjutant General, or one of his assistants, of any fact or event officially recorded in any book, record, paper, or document on file in the War Department or in any of its bureaus or branches, is prima facie evidence…

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized to exercise the authority contained in the said Title II of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, to acquire, use, and dispose of any real property, temporary use thereof, or other…

I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War to assume full control of the public airports on the following-described public lands.