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On the recordMarch 27, 1949
He was remarkably successful in building a solid foundation for the unified military establishment, in achieving fruitful progress in many fields, and also in expediting to an exceptional degree the development of the Armed Forces in the urgent and far reaching fields of scientific accomplishment.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Citation Accompanying Distinguished Service Medal Awarded to James Forrestal.

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I am glad that the Bill of Rights is at last to be exhibited side by side with the Constitution.

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