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Lyndon Johnson: “The most beautiful vision these eyes ever beheld was the flag of my country in a foreign land.”

On the recordMarch 19, 1968
The most beautiful vision these eyes ever beheld was the flag of my country in a foreign land.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and President Stroessner of Paraguay

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