DeSotoSky
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YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America
was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
ON THIS DAY... Shortly after noon on December 8, 1941, FDR left the White House to deliver his war message to a joint session of Congress. Eleanor Roosevelt and his son, James, accompanied him in the presidential motorcade. Roosevelt traveled in a bullet-proof limousine confiscated years before from mobster Al Capone.
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Full Audio and Video of the speech here (4:47)
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The Declaration of War passed unanimously in the Senate and had 1 dissenting vote in the House by Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana She "believed that Roosevelt deliberately provoked the Japanese to attack because he wanted to bring the U.S. into the European war against Germany." Rankin was the first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress in 1916 and was elected again in 1940.
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I try as best I can to provide information about knives I display. This is one I can not find much documentation on. Not in the catalog, not on the Special Projects list, and could not find any mention in the 2004 / 2005 Newsletters. There are 2 variations I know of, the 805 shown below and a simiIarly styled 819. They share the same profile as the Signature Series knives but without the S30V steel or walnut handle. Given the blade etch, I wonder if these were sold thru the factory store in San Diego before the move. It is known that Hoyt Buck did make knives for soldiers during the war.
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was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
ON THIS DAY... Shortly after noon on December 8, 1941, FDR left the White House to deliver his war message to a joint session of Congress. Eleanor Roosevelt and his son, James, accompanied him in the presidential motorcade. Roosevelt traveled in a bullet-proof limousine confiscated years before from mobster Al Capone.
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Full Audio and Video of the speech here (4:47)
The Declaration of War passed unanimously in the Senate and had 1 dissenting vote in the House by Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana She "believed that Roosevelt deliberately provoked the Japanese to attack because he wanted to bring the U.S. into the European war against Germany." Rankin was the first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress in 1916 and was elected again in 1940.
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I try as best I can to provide information about knives I display. This is one I can not find much documentation on. Not in the catalog, not on the Special Projects list, and could not find any mention in the 2004 / 2005 Newsletters. There are 2 variations I know of, the 805 shown below and a simiIarly styled 819. They share the same profile as the Signature Series knives but without the S30V steel or walnut handle. Given the blade etch, I wonder if these were sold thru the factory store in San Diego before the move. It is known that Hoyt Buck did make knives for soldiers during the war.
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