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1. FDR’s 1944 Christmas Address:

“…The Christmas spirit lives tonight in the bitter cold of the front lines of Europe and in the heat of the jungles and swamps of Burma and the Pacific Islands.

2. "Even the roar of our bombers and fighters in the air and the guns of our ships at sea will not drown out the messages of Christmas which comes to the hearts of our fighting men.

3. "“We all know how anxious they are to be home with us, and they know how anxious we are to have them, and how determined every one of us is to make their day of home-coming as early as possible.

4. “This generation has passed through many recent years of deep darkness, watching the spread of the poison of Hitlerism and fascism in Europe, the growth of imperialism and militarism in Japan, the final clash of war all over the world.

5. "Then came the dark days of the fall of France, and the ruthless bombing of England, and the desperate battle of the Atlantic, and of Pearl Harbor and Corregidor and Singapore.

6. “Since then the prayers of good men and women and children the world over have been answered. The tide of battle has turned slowly but inexorably against those who sought to destroy civilization.

7. “On this Christmas Day we cannot yet say when our victory will come. We pray that that day may come soon.

8. “We pray that with victory will come a new day of peace on earth in which all the nations of the earth will join together for all time.

--- President Roosevelt, December 24, 1944
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9. Wartime Christmas.

10.Wartime Christmas.

11. Wartime Christmas.

1941

When I see photos like this one I wonder if the current generation of Americans understands what is meant by the terms "sacrifice" and "brotherly love."

Christmas in Tunisia, 1943,

Christmas 1944.
Battle of the Bulge.
Extreme cold. Miserable.

Christmas 1944.
Battle of the Bulge.

Cold, scared and young.
Christmas 1944.

and people today complain about not going home for Christmas.....

November 1942

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