Memo sent by Houston Cole, executive director of the Alabama State Council of Defense in Montgomery, Alabama, to all high school principals in the state.

Memo sent by Houston Cole, executive director of the Alabama State Council of Defense in Montgomery, Alabama, to all high school principals in the state.

The memo, written minutes after Franklin Roosevelt's declaration of war, asks the principal to report whether defense councils have been organized in their schools, noting that "Most high school students are ready and anxious to serve. It is the belief of the State Defense Council that the...

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