FDR: “Here is a figure which the Axis will not be very happy to hear—in that…”

On the recordJune 24, 1942

Here is a figure which the Axis will not be very happy to hear—in that one month alone we produced over 50,000 machine guns of all types.

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Statement Announcing War Production Figures

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