FDR: “Clearly it would be extravagant were this body of experienced men of…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1943

Clearly it would be extravagant were this body of experienced men of the sea not to be used as promptly as possible.

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Democratic · New York

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Letter to Churchill on the Transfer of Merchant Craft to Great Britain

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FDR: “Clearly it would be extravagant were this body of experienced men of the sea not to be used as promptly as possible.”