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I'd Shoot Him Myself!

I'd Shoot Him Myself!

Roy Zachary and the FDR Assassination Threat

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Vance Pollock
Mar 07, 2022
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Silvershirt Field Marshal Roy Zachary made quite a reputation for himself on the lecture circuit in 1938. The most notorious claim was that he publicly threatened to kill FDR. This accusation got ink in major newspapers from coast to coast for months.

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