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Lyndon Johnson: “The same spirit that the Peace Corps volunteers brought to thousands of villages and cities in 46 countries should be…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1966
The same spirit that the Peace Corps volunteers brought to thousands of villages and cities in 46 countries should be carried to the hamlets of Vietnam.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the Fifth Anniversary of the Peace Corps at the Swearing In of Jack Hood Vaughn as Director.

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