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Woodrow Wilson: I ordered their sons being put in the most difficult parts of the battle line, where death was certain, as in the…

On the recordSeptember 24, 1919
I ordered their sons being put in the most difficult parts of the battle line, where death was certain, as in the impenetrable difficulties of the forest of Argonne.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the City Hall Auditorium in Pueblo, Colorado

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