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On the recordSeptember 5, 1950
The country may feel sure that the record of the Marines now fighting there will add new laurels to the already illustrious record of the Marine Corps.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letters to the Commandant of the Marine Corps League and to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

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