Address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.
02/23/1949
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The Secretary of the Navy shall award the Purple Heart, in the name of the President of the United States, to any person...
That is his duty. That is his duty.
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, conforming to our hallowed custom, and in...
Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.