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Gerald Ford: “This tragedy must not deter us from offering new hope for the living.”

On the recordApril 3, 1975
This tragedy must not deter us from offering new hope for the living.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on the Crash of a C-5A Cargo Plane on a Mercy Flight From Saigon, Republic of Vietnam

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