This item is a telegram from J. B. Manual reacting to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s radio address of February 23, 1942.
In this Fireside Chat on the Progress of the War, Roosevelt used the occasion of George Washington’s birthday to fight a feeling of defeatism in the country and to set forth his administration’s strategy for winning World War II.
In the telegram, J. B. Manual indicates that he was cheered by the radio address as he had just learned that his son was killed at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
