Then, when you had gone to a well-earned retirement--you had taken up another congenial occupation--I called you back to Washington, once again asking you to undertake for your country what may have been the most formidable task of your career.
Remarks Upon Presenting the National Security Medal to Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr.
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