Missing Words

[woodster]

Shall we hire a monument engraver to go to Arlington National Cemetery and add the missing words? And who gave them the right to change the words!

Touched A Nerve......

[troy2000]

Originally Posted by woodster

Shall we hire a monument engraver to go to Arlington National Cemetery and add the missing words? And who gave them the right to change the words!

Touched A Nerve......

"So help me God" was never part of the sentence quoted on the Memorial. He didn't say that until the next-to-last line of the speech:

"...No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.

"I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

"Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

"With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, SO HELP US GOD.

"I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

[woodster]

Originally Posted by troy2000

"So help me God" was never part of the sentence quoted on the Memorial. He didn't say that until the next-to-last line of the speech:

"...No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.

"I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

"Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

"With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, SO HELP US GOD.

"I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

Your correct, I checked it out on 'snopes'. Yike's... just when I thought I was on my to fame and fortune!

[troy2000]

You're gonna have to find another route to your fifteen minutes of fame...