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OCR Page 1 of 7SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN
TO BE DELIVERED OVER RADIO STATION KSD
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ON OCTOBER
, 1943,
Within the matter of a few weeks we will reach the end of the second
year of this terrible war. We are spurred by the grim determination to wage this
war relentlessly on all fronts and on all seas until all those who have chosen to
live by the sword have perished by it. We now have neither the time nor the in-
;lination for self-appraisal. But when the time comes for the historians to
wite the record of our participation in this great struggle they will undoubtedly
state that at this present period we had reached the turning point of the war.
i do not pretend that they will write that within these two years we had accom-
plished any major part of the fighting which gained the final victory. The suc-
Cesses of our Arms, both on land and sea, are only an indication of the greater
victories which must lie ahead. They do prove that our Military and Naval forces
re courageous, well-trained, competently led, and are impelled by the knowledge
that they fight for the right.
I do not suggest that the historians will say that at this stage of the
war the battle of production had been won. There remain long months and years of
toil for the uncomplaining mon and women who are producing the food and the
materials for war. But I do think that the writers of history will say that at
this date our countrymen had conditioned themselves to win the war. We have
grimly resolved that no sacrifice is too great for the end we must attain -- the
complete annihilation of the aggressors.who so seriously threaten our democratic
existence and ideals. At this point our people are prepared to see their sons
die and to return wounded from the battle: to offer their goods, their minds,
and their muscles for the benefit of the country we love. Because we have
reached this state of mind and have made this high resolve, the victory is certain.
RUMAR
S.
NARA
JOHN
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