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Woodrow Wilson: “These heroic men can never be paid in money for the service they patriotically rendered the nation.”

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These heroic men can never be paid in money for the service they patriotically rendered the nation.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson acknowledges that monetary compensation cannot equal the sacrifices made by veterans.

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