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On the recordJune 4, 1962
They have all been unusually fortunate in their wives and in their children, and we want them to know that they have served their country, all of them, in a way which I am sure for the rest of their lives will be a source of satisfaction to them.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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