On the recordMarch 4, 1949
To this end, I recommended unification of the armed forces to the Congress in December, 1945.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “To this end, I recommended unification of the armed forces to the Congress in December, 1945.”
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Special Message to the Congress on Reorganization of the National Military Establishment
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