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ОглавлениеFLASH: “In a surprise ruling with major ramifications, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Becker vs. Minneapolis Draft Board for Josiah Becker, who had sued claiming the recently passed Selective Training and Service Act unfairly singles out males. The decision extends the draft to all US citizens age eighteen or older regardless of gender.”
—United Press International—Washington, DC, January 13, 1940
“We interrupt this broadcast to take you to the NBC news room. From the NBC news room in New York: President Roosevelt said in a statement today that the Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, from the air.”
—NBC Radio News, December 7, 1941
“Lastly, if you will forgive me for saying it, to me the best tidings of all is that the United States, united as never before, have drawn the sword for freedom and cast away the scabbard.”
—Winston Churchill to the US Congress—December 26, 1941