Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union
01/04/1949
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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...
That is his duty. That is his duty.
This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.
There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenanc...