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On the recordApril 18, 1961
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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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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

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