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Lyndon Johnson: “We feel very strongly, Frank, that these men, who are military men, who are carrying out military assignments in line of…”

On the recordJuly 19, 1966
We feel very strongly, Frank, that these men, who are military men, who are carrying out military assignments in line of duty against military targets, are not war criminals and should not be treated as such.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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