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Title: Radio talk to the nation
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1939-09-03
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Roosevelt speaks on America's position on the outbreak of war in Europe.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks on the neutrality of the United States
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1939-09-03
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: The same day France and England declare war on Germany, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation with a fireside chat emphasizing the neutrality of the United States. He asks the press to discern between fact and rumor before reporting it as news and asks citizens to critically examine everything that is reported.

Title: Fireside chat
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1940
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: NBC announcers set the stage for the only FDR fireside chat ever delivered before a live audience. FDR asks for broader powers to protect all of the Americas from the growing war in Europe.

Title: John J. Pershing talks about preparedness for peace, keeping the European War contained in Europe, isolationism, and supports sending military supplies to Great Britain
Creator: Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
Date: 1940-08-04
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: John Jim Pershing talks about preparedness for peace, keeping the European War contained in Europe, isolationism, and supports sending military supplies to Great Britain.

Title: A secret recording by Franklin D. Roosevelt about an ultimatum from the Japanese
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1940-10
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Roosevelt speaks about an ultimatum given by the Japanese demanding that the U.S. pull out of Wake Island, Midway Island and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The conversation is a segment from recordings made secretly in the Oval Office by FDR.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1940-10-29
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War...
Show moreU.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. draw the first two numbers and Roosevelt reads the numbers aloud.
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Title: United States declaration of war on Germany and Italy
Date: 1941
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Clerk of the House reads President Roosevelt's messaga and Eric Sevareid gives report on the vote.

Title: President Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Day message to joint session of Congress asking for a declaration of war with Japan
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1941-12-08
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Roosevelts Pearl Harbor Day message to joint session of Congress asking for a declaration of war with Japan.

Title: Message delivered in person by President Roosevelt
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1941-12-08
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Roosevelt, on the day after the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, requests a declaration of war before joint session of Congress.

Title: Pearl Harbor Day fireside chat : message to the American people on the implications and plans for the war
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1941-12-08
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Pearl Harbor Day fireside chat: message to the American people on the implications and plans for the war by F.D. Roosevelt.

Title: Asking Congress to recognize a state of war between U.S., Germany and Italy
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1941-12-11
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to recognize a state of war between U.S., Germany, and Italy.

Title: Announcement of the US landing in Africa
Date: 1942-11-08
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Announcement of the U.S. landing in Africa.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks about WWII
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1943-07-28
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers a fireside chat detailing the Allied victories in WWII, including the capture of Sicily, efforts on the home front, and plans for U.S. soldiers as they return home.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the Armistice with Italy and the opening of the third war load drive
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1943-09-08
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Fireside Chat by President Roosevelt announcing the Armistice with Italy and the opening of the Third War Loan Drive.

Title: World War II speech, "I Have Returned"
Creator: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Date: 1944
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: MacArthur speaks on the return of U.S. troops to the Philippines and tells people to rally for their own good.

Title: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks about the capture of Rome by Allied forces
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1944-06-05
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat on the fall of Rome to Allied troops and the recovery measures undertaken for the people of Italy.

Title: Announcement of the invasion of Normandy
Date: 1944-06-06
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Announcement of the invasion of Normandy.

Title: FDR leads the nation in prayer for the troops landing on Normandy beaches on D-Day and a mixed chorus sings popular hymns
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1944-06-06
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: FDR leads the nation in prayer for the troops landing on Normandy beaches on D-Day and a mixed chorus sings popular hymns.

Title: D-Day Prayer
Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Date: 1944-06-06
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Roosevelt makes an announcement of troops crossing channel on D-Day and offering prayer.

Title: Douglas MacArthur speaks to Filipinos at Manila about the Philippine liberation during World War II
Creator: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Date: 1945-04
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Douglas MacArthur speaks to Filipinos at Manila about the Philippine liberation during World War II.

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