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Lyndon Johnson: “I am told that it was something like a million Americans who passed through Brisbane during World War II.”

On the recordOctober 21, 1966
I am told that it was something like a million Americans who passed through Brisbane during World War II.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport, Brisbane, Australia

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