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Harry Truman: “The happiest thing to me is the fact that these returned soldiers and sailors, marines, Wacs and Waves, and so forth…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1946
The happiest thing to me is the fact that these returned soldiers and sailors, marines, Wacs and Waves, and so forth, are giving you such a headache on education.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to the Members of the Conference on Emergency Problems in Higher Education.

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