On the recordOctober 20, 1965
The thing, though, that made me able to take what I did take, and with my chin up, was the knowledge that men like you are willing to do what you did for your country.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “The thing, though, that made me able to take what I did take, and with my chin up, was the knowledge that men like you…”
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Remarks to Fellow Patients in the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland.
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