Exchange With Reporters on Arrival at Freeland
05/15/1976
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The Medals of Freedom you are about to receive are the highest civilian honor that our country can bestow.
Excellence has its own reward, not only to those who strive for it but also to the free society which encourages it.
It is now time to act.
It is my particular pleasure to be able to give special recognition to this great American this evening before this dist...