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

On the recordAugust 30, 1942
Without this work of conditioning, flesh and blood could not possibly meet the demands of this modern war.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Dedication of the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

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