John Kennedy actually said...

Never in history has a country had so many of its sons serving so far away from their own land in a time of danger, not for the purpose of conquest but for the purpose of freedom.

Context

Remarks to Allied and American Troops at Fliegerhorst Barracks Near Hanau.

06/24/1963

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