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FDR: We pay great tribute--the tribute of the United States of America--to the fighting men of Russia and China and Britain…

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We pay great tribute--the tribute of the United States of America--to the fighting men of Russia and China and Britain and the various members of the British Commonwealth--the millions of men who through the years of this war have fought our common enemies, and have denied to them the world conquest which they sought.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt honors the contributions of Allied nations in the fight against Axis powers during World War II.

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