The thoughts and hopes of all America—indeed of all the civilized world—are centered tonight on the battleship Missouri. There on that small piece of American soil anchored in Tokyo Harbor the Japanese have just officially laid down their arms. They have signed terms of unconditional surrender. Four years ago, the thoughts and fears of the [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Harry S. Truman; Announcing the Surrender of Japan (September 01, 1945)
Posted in Harry S. Truman, tagged Announcing the Surrender of Japan, Harry S. Truman, History, Japan, Politics, September 01 1945, speeches, USA, Writing, WWII on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Fireside Chat 25: On the Fall of Mussolini (July 28, 1943)
Posted in Franklin Roosevelt Speeches, tagged History, Italy, Mussolini, Politics, speech, USA, Writing, WW II on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Fellow Americans: Over a year and a half ago I said this to the Congress: “The militarists in Berlin, and Rome and Tokyo started this war, but the massed angered forces of common humanity will finish it.” Today that prophecy is in the process of being fulfilled. The massed, angered forces of common humanity [...]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Fireside Chat 26: On the Armistice in Italy (September 08, 1943)
Posted in Franklin Roosevelt Speeches, tagged Armistice in Italy, FDR, History, Politics, Roosevelt, September 08 1943, WW II on December 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My Fellow Americans: Once upon a time, a few years ago, there was a city in our Middle West which was threatened by a destructive flood in the great river. The waters had risen to the top of the banks. Every man, woman and child in that city was called upon to fill sand bags [...]
