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Harry Truman: “The American Red Cross is so close to the hearts of us all that I need not even repeat it.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1946
The American Red Cross is so close to the hearts of us all that I need not even repeat it.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Radio Remarks Opening the Red Cross War Fund Drive.

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