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 | United States. Department of State - Government publications - 1943 - 908 pages
...however, all that will matter is who fired the last shot. America has been attacked. The USS Kearny is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man,...home States of the honored dead and wounded of the Keamy. Hitler's torpedo was directed at every American, whether he lives on our seacoasts or in the... | |
 | United States. Office of War Information - 1941 - 456 pages
...however, all that will matter is who fired the last shot. America has been attacked. The USS Kearny is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman and child in this Nation... "The purpose of Hitler's attack was to frighten the American people off the high seas — to force... | |
 | Geoffrey Perret - History - 1985 - 516 pages
...Surely no one could be indifferent to such provocation. "America has been attacked. The USS Kearny is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman and child in this nation." His response was to fling the challenge back to the German Navy and its Fiihrer: "In the face of this... | |
 | Geoffrey Perret - History - 1985 - 516 pages
...Surely no one could be indifferent to such provocation. "America has been attacked. The USS Kearny is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman and child in this nation." His response was to fling the challenge back to the German Navy and its Fiihrer: "In the face of this... | |
 | Thomas H. Buckley, Edwin B. Strong - National security - 1987 - 228 pages
...occurred on October 17. Again FDR went to the airways and said "America has been attacked. The USS Kearny is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman, and child in this Nation." Roosevelt neglected to say that the Kearny, when torpedoed, was attacking German submarines. Other... | |
 | John Martin Carroll, George C. Herring - History - 1996 - 316 pages
...safety with its dead and wounded. "America has been attacked," Roosevelt declared. "The USS Kearny is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman, and child in this nation." Still, he did not ask for a declaration of war; he knew that Congress would not vote for it. Even when... | |
 | Kathy Sammis - History - 2000 - 136 pages
...started. And history has recorded who fired the first shot.... America has been attacked. The USS Kearny is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman, and child in this nation.... Hrtler's torpedo was directed at every American.... The purpose of Hrtler's attack was to frighten... | |
 | Donald E. Schmidt - History - 2005 - 386 pages
...however, all that will matter is who fired the last shot. American has been attacked. The USS Kearney is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman, and child in this Nation.... 2 The President then proceeded to tell the startled guests about the aforementioned bogus Nazi map... | |
 | Donald E. Schmidt - History - 2005 - 770 pages
...however, all that will matter is who fired the last shot. American has been attacked. The USS Kearney is not just a Navy ship. She belongs to every man, woman, and child in this Nation....2 The President then proceeded to tell the startled guests about the aforementioned bogus... | |
 | Carl L. Steinhouse - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - 2007 - 449 pages
...Congress once again and in October, the nation. "America has been attacked!" he roared. "The USS Kearney is not just a navy ship, she belongs to every man, woman and child in this nation." He charged that Hitler's aim was "to conquer the United States itself." The president demanded that... | |
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