Richard Nixon actually said...

But we also present it to you because you, his mother and father, contributed so much to this fine young man in the background that you provided for him.

Context

Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Honor Posthumously to Pfc. Melvin E. Newlin, USMC.

03/17/1969

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