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Jimmy Carter: I call on all Americans to join on this occasion in honoring those who made the special sacrifice of being captive in…

On the recordJune 3, 1979
I call on all Americans to join on this occasion in honoring those who made the special sacrifice of being captive in war, and their loved ones.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Proclamation 4664—National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1979

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