Exchange With Reporters on Arrival at Longview, Texas.
04/26/1976
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The Medals of Freedom you are about to receive are the highest civilian honor that our country can bestow.
I believe I speak for all of us when I say that Secretary Kissinger, whom we are honoring tonight, we have been impresse...
Cash awards totaling $1,343,224 were paid for these adopted suggestions.
Enlisted personnel received $1,104,328 in awards, which represents 82 percent of the total cash awards paid.