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Richard Nixon: I can tell you that I don't say for one moment that the Marines and the Army and the Air Force don't serve this country…

On the recordMarch 20, 1969
I can tell you that I don't say for one moment that the Marines and the Army and the Air Force don't serve this country well and don't present for the country some great fighting men, but I found during World War II that when it came to good food, the Seabees had the best in the Pacific—back 25 years ago before most of the men in this battalion were born.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Arrival at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Oxnard, California.

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