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Harry Truman: “All of us ought to do as much as we possibly can to back up our young people in the armed services.”

On the recordAugust 7, 1951
All of us ought to do as much as we possibly can to back up our young people in the armed services.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Dedication of the Presidential Lounge at Union Station for the Use of Service Men and Women.

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