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Lyndon Johnson: “In dying, Private Milton Olive taught those of us who remain how we ought to live.”

On the recordApril 20, 1966
In dying, Private Milton Olive taught those of us who remain how we ought to live.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumous) to the Father of Milton L. Olive III

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