On the recordApril 25, 1951
We have doubled the number of men in our active Armed Forces since last June.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “We have doubled the number of men in our active Armed Forces since last June.”
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Special Message to the Congress Recommending Extension and Broadening of the Defense Production Act.
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