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FDR: The suffering, humiliation, and mental torture that you have endured since the barbarous, unprovoked, and treacherous…

On the recordOctober 19, 1944
The suffering, humiliation, and mental torture that you have endured since the barbarous, unprovoked, and treacherous attack upon the Philippines nearly three long years ago have aroused in the hearts of the American people a righteous anger.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Congratulations to Admirals Nimitz and Halsey.

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