On the recordMarch 5, 1967
Our military needs have been substantially greater than that ever since we first committed troops to combat in Korea in the summer of 1950.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “Our military needs have been substantially greater than that ever since we first committed troops to combat in Korea in…”
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Special Message to the Congress on Selective Service.
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