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Lyndon Johnson: “Their sons have joined a conflict as difficult and demanding, against an enemy as tough and resilient, as any American…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1966
Their sons have joined a conflict as difficult and demanding, against an enemy as tough and resilient, as any American arms have ever faced in our long past history.
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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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