FDR: “The American Army—including thousands of Americans of Italian…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1944

The American Army—including thousands of Americans of Italian descent—entered Italy not as conquerors, but as liberators.

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Democratic · New York

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Address on Accepting the Four Freedoms Award from the Italian-American Labor Council

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