Harry Truman actually said...

HE SERVED his Government faithfully, intelligently, and modestly for a period which spanned almost a third of our national existence.

Citation Accompanying Medal for Merit Honoring Rudolph Forster.

06/15/1945

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I appreciate it, and hope very much that I will continue to deserve it.