Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman Before the Women's National Democratic Club at Washington, D.C.
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OCR Page 1 of 11speech OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN TO DE
deliveRed BLFORE THE WOMAN'S NATIONAL
DEPICCRATIC CLUB, WASHINGTON, D.C.
MARCH 6, 1944 AT 12:30 P.M.
RELEASE ON deliViry
We are now in the third year of this terrible war. We are spurred
by the grim determination to wage this war relentessly 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 inclination for self-appraisal. But when
the time comes for the historians to write 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 wri te
that within these past two years we had accomplished any major part of the
fighting which gained the final victory. The successes 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 are 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 men 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,
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World War, 1939-1945
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