Political Quotes

On the recordMay 2, 1975
Looking back on a period of my own life, one of the things of which I am the proudest is that I can say, 'I served under Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific.'
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the U.S.S. Nimitz Commissioning Ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia.

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