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On the recordMay 20, 1945
It so happens that Technical Sergeant Jake W. Lindsey of Lucedale, Mississippi, is the one hundredth Infantryman to receive the Medal of Honor in this war for bravery above and beyond the call to duty.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks Before the Congress on Presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Jake W. Lindsey

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