The President's News Conference
09/13/1950
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My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.
It is an office that is without parallel in the history of the world.
Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.
The Secretary of the Navy shall award the Purple Heart, in the name of the President of the United States, to any person...