Harry Truman: “The brave men who lost their lives in those wars would approve of the way you have chosen to honor them.”

I feel the Committee has done a thorough job of investigation and I wish to call your attention to these suggestions, some of which, I am sure, would be helpful.

The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…