Excerpts from the Press Conference on D-Day
06/05/1944
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I hereby exempt the said John G. Crane from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 29, 1940.
These boys, so full of promise for the future, are a national asset and therefore should be regarded as a national trust.
A generation trained in the art of camping will receive experience which I believe will give them exceptional equipment with which to cope w...
We rejoice that our organization has reached full maturity.