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On the recordMay 24, 2012
We pledge to keep faith with those who were wounded and still carry the scars of war, seen and unseen.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8829—Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War

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