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Originally Posted by mlyonsd
History buffs, FYI....new show on the History Channel tonight at 7pm CT on Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours After
NEW
A documentary reveals secrets and little-known details of FDR's reactions in the earliest hours after the Japanese attacks on Oahu. |
Awesome show.
Lots of things I didn't know.
Funniest one was the day after the attack when Roosevelt went to the Capitol to give his famous 'Infamy' speech the SS was worried about 'people' that might try to assasinate him. The rule of the day was the government couldn't spend more than $750 for a car.
At the time they didn't have a bullet proof car so they borrowed one confiscated from Capone to drive FDR to the Capitol.
FDR said "I hope Al doesn't mind".