FDR: “You have the Nation's gratitude and the Nation's prayers for success as you and your men fight your way back to Bataan.”

It is not really of any great importance.

It may be in another week or ten days.

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.