FDR: “Battles cannot be fought and won without cost—we know that—and the…”

On the recordAugust 30, 1942

Battles cannot be fought and won without cost—we know that—and the cost may be heavy in ships and in men.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Address at the Dedication of the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

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FDR: “Battles cannot be fought and won without cost—we know that—and the cost may be heavy in ships and in men.”