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Lyndon Johnson: “I come before you this afternoon as an old Navy man with my heart full of pride for the United States Army.”

On the recordJuly 22, 1966
I come before you this afternoon as an old Navy man with my heart full of pride for the United States Army.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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