Vice President Henry Wallace's Address "What Are We Fighting For"

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Description

This sound recording captures an address at a dinner of the Free World Association at the Commodore Hotel, New York City, and includes the following remark: “This is a fight between a slave world and a free world…The world must make its decision for a complete victory, one way or another.” Note – this sound recording begins in Spanish, then continues in English.

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Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of War Information.

National Archives Identifier: 2198561

Full Citation: Vice President Henry Wallace’s Address ‘What Are We Fighting For’; 5/8/1942; Sound Recordings Relating to World War II, 1942 – 1945; Records of the Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/vice-president-henry-wallaces-address-what-are-we-fighting-for/, April 16, 2026]

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