Frank

for eight years general washington and his continental army were faced continually with the relation of independence increasingly the freedom of anywhere in the obligations of liberty and it is different from all other laws of the past

not only in its methods and weapons but also in its geography it is warfare in terms of every continent every island every sea every airline in the world That is the reason why I have asked you to take out and spread before you a map of the whole earth.

And to follow me in the references which I shall make to the world and circling battle lines of this war. Many questions will I fear remain unanswered tonight, but I know you will realize that I cannot cover everything in one short report to the people.

The broad oceans which have been heralded in the past as our protection from attack have become endless battlefields on which we are constantly being challenged by our enemies. We must all understand and face the hard fact that our job now is to fight at distances which extend all the way around.

We fight at these vast distances because that is where our enemies are. Our flow of supplies gives us clear superiority. We must keep on striking our enemies wherever and whenever we can meet them. Even if for a while we have to yin ground.

Actually though, we are taking a heavy toll of the enemy every day that goes by. We must fight at these vast distances to protect our supply lines and our lines of communication with our allies, protect these lines from the enemies who are bending every ounce of their strength, striving against time to cut them.