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FDR: In a world war neither Mr. Churchill nor I could walk down the street and go into a department store and purchase and…

On the recordNovember 9, 1942
In a world war neither Mr. Churchill nor I could walk down the street and go into a department store and purchase and walk out with a second front.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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