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Lyndon Johnson: “I am today asking the Congress to correct a tax inequity that exists among our fighting men in Viet Nam.”

On the recordAugust 17, 1966
I am today asking the Congress to correct a tax inequity that exists among our fighting men in Viet Nam.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker on Combat Pay Tax Exemption for Officers.

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