Harry Truman: “I served in the Armed Forces once, and I know what I am talking about.”

On the recordMay 24, 1949

I served in the Armed Forces once, and I know what I am talking about.

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Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to the President's Conference on Community Responsibility to Our Peacetime Servicemen and Women.

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