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Harry Truman: The official reports are always a few days behind on the casualties, because they try to notify the nearest of kin…

On the recordSeptember 6, 1950
The official reports are always a few days behind on the casualties, because they try to notify the nearest of kin before they have the lists published.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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