.U.S. MERCHANT MARINE

Washington, D.C. • October 2, 1939 On January 31, 1939, President Franklin D. Roose­velt held a closed-door meeting with the Senate Mili­tary Affairs Com­mit­tee at the White House. Reportedly FDR made the com­ment that “the frontier of the United States is the Rhine,” meaning France’s east­ern border with Nazi Ger­many. When the state­ment was leaked…

Washington, D.C. · October 2, 1939 On January 31, 1939, President Franklin D. Roose­velt held a closed-door meeting with the Senate Mili­tary Affairs Com­mit­tee at the White House. Reportedly FDR made the com­ment that “the frontier of the United States is the Rhine,” meaning France’s east­ern border with Nazi Ger­many. When the state­ment was leaked…