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Lyndon Johnson: “I speak to you now as the Commander in Chief of the best military force our Nation has ever placed on the field of…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1966
I speak to you now as the Commander in Chief of the best military force our Nation has ever placed on the field of battle.
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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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