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Harry Truman: “The American armies must be moved from the victorious battlefields of Europe to meet and wipe out the tyranny of the…”

On the recordJune 6, 1945
The American armies must be moved from the victorious battlefields of Europe to meet and wipe out the tyranny of the East.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Director, Office of Defense Transportation, Concerning Redeployment of the Armed Forces.

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