Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The periods of enlistment of all persons who are now, or who may hereafter be, enlisted in the Regular Army are hereby extended for a period of eighteen months.

Context

Executive Order 8862—Extending the Periods of Training and Service, Active Military Service, and Enlistment of Persons in or...

08/20/1941

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