12/27/1947
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"I can't say too much of the men who actually did the work."
"It is a very great pleasure to me to have had the privilege of presenting citations to these aircraft carriers."
"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."
"We are rather proud of our contribution to the feeding of the world."