The President's News Conference
11/09/1949
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It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time...
My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.
This case presents a unique situation.
The Secretary of the Navy shall award the Purple Heart, in the name of the President of the United States, to any person...