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

On the recordJune 10, 1949
The brave men who lost their lives in those wars would approve of the way you have chosen to honor them.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in Little Rock at the Dedication of the World War Memorial Park.

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