Harry Truman: “It is hard to appreciate fully just what these carriers meant to the…”

On the recordJuly 15, 1946

It is hard to appreciate fully just what these carriers meant to the winning of the war in the Pacific, and the winning of the war in the Atlantic.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks Upon Presenting Presidential Unit Citations to Eight Aircraft Carriers.

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