That means a national unity that can know no limitations of race or creed or selfish politics. 04/28/42 →. Here are three high purposes for every American: This generation of Americans has come to realize, with a present and personal realization, that there is something larger and more important than the life of any individual or of any individual group – something for which a man will sacrifice, and gladly sacrifice, not only his pleasures, not only his goods, not only his associations with those he loves, but his life itself. The address began at 10 p.m. Washington time – Monday, February 23, 1942 – and was broadcast on … Tom Paine wrote those words on a drumhead, by the light of a campfire. Name: _____ Period: __ Listen to Roosevelt’s fireside chat and answer the following questions. In time of crisis when the future is in the balance, we come to understand, with full recognition and devotion, what this Nation is, and what we owe to it. Here are three high purposes for every American: 1. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. Failing in that, they are now trying to destroy our confidence in our own allies. And the people of Korea and of Manchuria know in their flesh the harsh despotism of Japan. February 23 1942 - Ushers Log . This is war. Check out Fireside Chat On The Progress Of The War (February 23rd 1942) by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Amazon Music. In every part of the country, experts in production and the men and women at work in the plants are giving loyal service. (2.) The war was not going well for the Allies at this time, but instead of hiding this from the nation he approached the subject with honesty saying "...your … On the west, the China side, the Japanese were in possession of the coast of China and the coast of Indo-China which had been yielded to them by the Vichy French. It is warfare in terms of every continent, every island, every sea, every air-lane in the world. We are calling for new plants and additions – additions to old plants. Fireside Chats. Soon, we and not our enemies, will have the offensive; we, not they, will win the final battles; and we, not they, will make the final peace. Let them tell that to the Marines! Look at the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, the Dutch Indies, India, the Near East, and the continent of Africa, with their resources of raw materials, and of peoples determined to resist Axis domination. For some time President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) had addressed the American people during times of crisis and concern by using a device called "the fireside chat." In his Fireside Chat of February 23, 1942, in the bleak days two months before the Jap-anese were turned back at the Battle of the Coral Sea and then at the Battle of Midway, US president F-ranklin Roosevelt turned to George Washington for inspiration: “For eight years, General Washington and his Continental Army were faced continually with formidable odds and recurring … They are making Japan pay an increasingly terrible price for her ambitious attempts to seize control of the whole Asiatic world. There are those who still think, however, in terms of the days of sailing ships. In this battle area, Japan has had an obvious initial advantage. We and the other United Nations are committed to the destruction of the militarism of Japan and Germany. Japan in such a case could (then) release great numbers of ships and men to launch attacks on a large scale against the coasts of the Western Hemisphere – South America and Central America, and North America – including Alaska. Those Americans who believed that we could live under the illusion of isolationism wanted the American eagle to imitate the tactics of the ostrich. On Inflation and Progress of the War Monday, September 7, 1942 [26:56] [Last Fireside Chat so designated in Master Speech File] HP 23. On the east, are the Mandated Islands – which Japan had occupied exclusively, and had fortified in absolute violation of her written word. Monday, February 23, 1942 [36:34] WH 21. Until our flow of supplies gives us clear superiority we must keep on striking our enemies wherever and whenever we can meet them, even if, for a while, we have to yield ground. Washington's Birthday is a most appropriate occasion for us to talk with each other about things as they are today and things as we know they shall be in the future. Let them tell that to the boys in the Flying Fortresses. We have most certainly suffered losses—from Hitler's U-boats in the Atlantic as well as from the Japanese in the Pacific- and we shall suffer more of them before the turn of the tide. Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much. Conquered Nations in Europe know what the yoke of the Nazis is like. In this battle area, Japan has had an obvious initial advantage. Immediately after this war started, the Japanese forces moved down on either side of the Philippines to numerous points south of them—thereby completely encircling the Philippines from north, south, east, and west. Ever since this nation became the arsenal of democracy – ever since enactment of Lend-Lease – there has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. The American people expect that much from themselves. In spite of the length, (and) in spite of the difficulties of this transportation, I can tell you that in two and a half months we already have a large number of bombers and pursuit planes, manned by American pilots and crews, which are now in daily contact with the enemy in the Southwest Pacific. I ask you to look at your maps again, particularly at that portion of the Pacific Ocean lying west of Hawaii. Let them tell that to the sailors who today are hitting hard in the far waters of the Pacific. We are working longer hours. Fireside Chat on the Progress of the War. (4.) Now nothing that has occurred in the past two months has caused us to revise this basic strategy of necessity – except that the defense put up by General MacArthur has magnificently exceeded the previous estimates of endurance, and he and his men are gaining eternal glory therefore. 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