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On the recordMay 29, 1932
I and my fellow countrymen in dedicating this day to our own dead will be keenly mindful of your own country's great sacrifice and will bend our heads in silent prayer for Belgium's heroic dead.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to Albert, King of the Belgians, in Response to His Memorial Day Message of Friendship

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