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FDR: For every advance that the Japanese have made since they started their frenzied career of conquest, they have had to pay…

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For every advance that the Japanese have made since they started their frenzied career of conquest, they have had to pay a very heavy toll in warships, in transports, in planes, and in men.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt highlights the heavy costs Japan has incurred during its military conquests.

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