Harry Truman actually said...

Dear Colonel Johnson: The transportation facilities of the nation are now called upon for the most gigantic task in all the history of transportation.

Context

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

06/06/1945

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