08/09/1964
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"This great effort has not been for naught."
"They stand with us, and our cause is the cause of free men everywhere."
"It is my privilege now, and a very great honor for me, on behalf of the Government and the people of the United States to add another honor to the many that you have received already in war and in pea..."
"I know of no way in which such devotion and such dedication could ever be rewarded fully or honored adequately, but I am sure that the personal knowledge of what he has done to make our freedom more s..."