The Place: Europe

The President opened his fireside chat by telling the story of Lieut. John J. Powers, who died at Midway leading a dive-bomber attack on a Japanese carrier. (Then & there, over the air Franklin Roosevelt conferred on Hero Powers the Congressional Medal of Honor.) The President closed his chat by giving a broad hint of where more Medals of Honor will be won.

Speaking of the war in Europe, he said: "Here the aim is an offensive against Germany. There are at least a dozen different points at which attacks can be launched. You, of course, do not expect me to give details of future plans, but you can rest assured that preparations are being made here and in Britain toward this purpose."

Then he added a significant sentence: "The power of Germany must be broken on the battlefields of Europe."

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