Harry Truman actually said...

They are, indeed, the keystone of our protection against the destruction of another war and against the terrible weapons of this atomic age.

Letter to the Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Urging Enactment of the Foreign Assistance Act.

03/24/1950

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Their assignments were as bloody and difficult as any in which our American soldiers engaged.

There can be no question that the Philippine veteran is entitled to benefits bearing a reasonable relation to those received by the American...

The record of the Philippine soldiers for bravery and loyalty is second to none.

Under desperate circumstances they acquitted themselves nobly.