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Therefore I present the National Geographic Society Gold Medal Award to Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, undersea pioneer to earth-bound man, who gave the key to the silent world, April 19, 1961.

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Remarks Upon Awarding the National Geographic Society Gold Medal to Jacques-Yves Cousteau

04/18/1961

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