You stand today in a long line of brave men--the kind of men that our Nation has produced when they were needed--the kind of men who fought at Valley Forge and Vicksburg--in the Argonne and at Iwo Jima--on the Pusan perimeter and at the 38th parallel.
Remarks to Members of the Armed Forces at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
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Sometimes it is your job to go out and scout the road, to encounter and overcome the difficulties that always accompany such a vast new venture as this.
This program, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, constitutes one of the largest and most complex scientific and technological undertakings ever attempted as an international effort.
Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.
Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.
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