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FDR Ready for War

Noting the loss of 11 men on the U.S.S. Kearny, FDR gives a speech describing German attacks on American ships. He says, "We Americans have cleared our decks and taken our battle stations." Footage shows damage taken by U.S. Navy ship from German attack.



IdentifierCLIP-17282
Duration42 sec
GenreDocumentary
DateOctober 27 1941
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