FDR: “But I can say that to date--and including Pearl Harbor-- we have…”

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But I can say that to date--and including Pearl Harbor-- we have destroyed considerably more Japanese planes than they have destroyed of ours.

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Roosevelt states that the U.S. has destroyed more Japanese planes than it has lost, providing a morale boost.

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