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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “No matter how complicated war has now become, we need a Navy which can take ships close in to shore; we need an Air…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1962
No matter how complicated war has now become, we need a Navy which can take ships close in to shore; we need an Air force that can protect those ships; we need small boats that can take men on a beach; and we need men who will go ashore.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Evening Parade following an Inspection of the Marine Barracks.

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