Harry Truman actually said...

I am sincerely sorry about the casualties, but somebody has to meet these situations; they can't be met with sticks and stones--somebody is bound to get hurt.

Context

Remarks in Pearl Harbor at the Commissioned Officers Mess.

10/12/1950

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