Is this true about God being removed from the speech?

[ALIPAC]

This was in my email today. Anyone know if this is accurate?

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SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS ?

A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:

Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington , DC .
I got an unexpected history lesson. Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, veterans ! of "the greatest war," with their families. It was a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are engraved there.

On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to read the words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor:

Yesterday, December 7, 1941-- a date which will live in infamy--t! he United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.

One elderly woman read the words aloud:

"With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph."

But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry. "Wait a minute," she said, "they left out the end of the quote. They left out the most important part. Roosevelt ended the message with ' so help us God.'"

Her husband said, "You are probably right We're not supposed to say things like that now."

"I know I'm right," she insisted. "I remember the speech." The two looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.

Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, "Well, it has been over 50 years. She's probably forgotten."

But she had not forgotten. She was right.

I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading -- "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley. It's all about the battle at Iwo Jima .
I haven't gotten too far in the book. It's tough to read because it's a graphic description of the WWII battles in the Pacific.

But! right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt 'S speech to the nation ends in "so help us God."

The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war. But they couldn't fool the people who were there. Roosevelt's words are engraved on their hearts.

Now I ask: "WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY?????????"

Send this around to your friends. People need to know before everyone forgets. People today are trying to change the history of America by leaving God out of it, but the truth is, God has been a part of this nation, since the beginning. He still wants to be...and He always will be!

If you agree, pass ! this on . If not, MAY GOD BLESS YOU !!!!

[nittygritty]

I will pass this to all my contacts and let all my family know about it, now I would like to know who was responsible for leaving these words off this memorial. How would we go about finding out the question to that answer, and possibly rectifying that omission ?

[sawdust]

Americans have been taught that this is politically correct to take God out of everything. Throughout history God has been banned and christians have been persecuted in dictatorships around the globe. Americans have always thought that this country was blessed because we believed in God and if God were ever taken out of what our nation stands for, it would no longer be blessed.

[artclam]

It seems that people are very eager to believe bad things about our great county. According to its website the monument does not have the words "so help us God" nor does it have most of the speech--including the parts quoted in the first post. You can see it all for yourselves at http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ .

[moosetracks]

Why isn't the ACLU going after the Iranian Prez for saying a prayer at the UN?

[PinestrawGuys]

Artclam,
Are you saying that the words so help us God were not in that sentence? If so, you are wrong.

With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.

This is the quoted sentence. It is plainly obvious that the reference to God was redacted from the memorial inscription. You can find the entire speech here: http://www.fightthebias.com/Resource...franklin_d.htm

[Ladydrake]

Artclam,
Are you saying that the words so help us God were not in that sentence? If so, you are wrong.

No, reread what he said:

According to its website the monument does not have the words "so help us God" nor does it have most of the speech--including the parts quoted in the first post.

He's pointing out that they are missing not only on the memorial but also on the website.

[CrocketsGhost]

Here's an explanation:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/memorial.asp

[Ladydrake]

Oooh, I see.