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Harry Truman: We can repay the debt which we owe to our God, to our dead, and to our children, only by work, by ceaseless devotion to…

On the recordMay 7, 1945
We can repay the debt which we owe to our God, to our dead, and to our children, only by work, by ceaseless devotion to the responsibilities which lie ahead of us.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference on V-E Day

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