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A blindfolded Secretary of War Edward Stimson picks No. 158 out of the fishbowl and hands it to President Franklin Roosevelt on Oct. 16, 1940, “R-Day.”
A blindfolded Secretary of War Edward Stimson picks No. 158 out of the fishbowl and hands it to President Franklin Roosevelt on Oct. 16, 1940, “R-Day.”