Harry Truman actually said...

I congratulate the Air Force, and I congratulate you on the success you have had in getting a jet across the Atlantic for the first time without a stop-- something very fine for the welfare of the country and the world, I think.

Context

Remarks Upon Presenting the Harmon International Trophy to Col. David C. Schilling

10/22/1951

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