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On the recordJanuary 10, 1927
During the World War the United States Government insured, at an exceedingly low premium rate, nearly 5,000,000 members of the armed forces of the country against death or total permanent disability.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Proclamation—War Risk Life Insurance

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