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On the recordMay 22, 1963
There is no final victory but rather all Americans must be always prepared to play their proper part in a difficult and dangerous world.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in New York City at the Dedication of the East Coast Memorial to the Missing at Sea.

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