Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/24/1942
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I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.
I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fightin...
This is our chance to serve those who serve us.
It has served as a link between the fighting man and his loved ones here at home.