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Gerald Ford: “And I can assure you that we look upon people such as yourself as the epitome of achievement in the military.”

On the recordDecember 18, 1974
And I can assure you that we look upon people such as yourself as the epitome of achievement in the military.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Ceremony Marking the Retirement of Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

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