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Harry Truman: “I wish to express my very deep sympathy for the relatives of those members of our armed forces who have the misfortune…”

On the recordMay 31, 1945
I wish to express my very deep sympathy for the relatives of those members of our armed forces who have the misfortune still to be held as prisoners of war by the enemy.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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