Harry Truman actually said...

"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."

"It is a great pleasure to me to have had this privilege today of showing just what the country thinks about the contributions which these men made to the victory we have just won."

"It is a very great pleasure to me to have had the privilege of presenting citations to these aircraft carriers."

"I can't say too much of the men who actually did the work."