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On the recordSeptember 5, 1963
The Pacific has been his home, and the air over the Pacific has been, in a sense, his domain.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Presenting the Distinguished Service Medal to Gen. Emmett O'Donnell

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