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SPEECH 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