Information on back side of plaque:
"Let every nation know,
Whether it wishes us well or ill,
That we shall pay any price,
Bear any burden, meet any hardship,
Support any friend, oppose any foe,
To assure the survival and success of liberty."
John F. Kennedy

Information on back side of plaque:
On April 8,  1942,  sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers with eighty crew members aboard,  weighted down with bombs and extra fuel,  struggled to take off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet,  some 700 miles from Japan,  an unprecedented feat in aviation history.   Led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle (1896-1993),  this American raid upon Tokyo and four other major cities was planned just a few weeks after Pearl Harbor.   This American attack was iniated 400 miles further from Japan than planned because Japanese patrols had seen the carrier.   The raid did minimal physical damage to enemy targets,  still this surprise attack put a dent in Japanese confidence and bolstered American morale.   Fifteen of the planes either crashlanded in China or were abandoned in midair;  one made it to Russia where the plane and its crew were interned.   Eight of the flyers were captured by the Japanese,  and four of them died at the hands of the enemy.   The Japanese military overreacted to this raid.   They retained aircraft in Japan for home defence,  fearing future air raids,  a decision that affected the Battle of Midway six weeks later in which the Japanese navy suffered losses that helped turn the tide of war.   Doolittle received the Medal of Honor for his leadership and was promoted to Brigadier General.   Sixty-four crew members returned to fight again.

Information on back side of plaque:
"The months just ahead are the critical months of the war.   Victory depends in large measure on the increased war production we are able to get our factories and arsenals in the Spring and Summer of 1942.   What has been done so far must be exceeded.   This is total war.   We are all under fire - soldiers and civilians alike.   No one is a spectator,  we are all belligerents.   To win we must fight.
The urgency of tomorrow must be felt in every shop and factory producing goods,  in every home and on every farm.   Then we shall achieve the vigor of thought and cooperative action that carriers a team to victory."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(An excerpt from a letter directed to the Chairman of the War Production Board,  dated February 27,  1942)