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Harry Truman: “I told him at that time that I would much rather have that Medal of Honor than to be President, and I feel the same way…”

On the recordOctober 7, 1948
I told him at that time that I would much rather have that Medal of Honor than to be President, and I feel the same way about it today.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in New York

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