Paying for a World War

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. On May 1, 1941, the first U. S. Savings Bond of Series E was sold by the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On January 3, 1946, the la...