Posted on Aug 27, 2018

Was FDR Planning on Joining World War II Before Pearl Harbor?

CW5 Jack Cardwell

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Was FDR Planning on Joining World War II Before Pearl Harbor?

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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He had been asked to but a majority of Americans were thought to be against it. Pearl Harbor changed all that.

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MSgt Dale Johnson

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They "Awoke the sleeping Giant."

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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MSgt Dale Johnson - they certainly did!

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CWO3 Dennis M.

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Long before Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill was all but begging the US to enter the war.

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MAJ Ken Landgren

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In a way he did through the Lend Lease program.

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