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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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