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Memorandum from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to President Harry S. Truman
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Memorandum from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to President Harry S. Truman
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THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON
11 August 1947
ARCHIVES PATIONAL AND
RECORDS
MEMORANDUM FOR
THE PRESIDENT
We have got a piece of flat silver
to give to Bob Patterson. Would you be good
enough to write an inscription to which all
of our names can then be appended.
For lack of a better thought, I
suggest:
To Robert Porter Patterson,
soldier and able servant of his
country. From the President and
his Cabinet associates
Harry S. Truman
et cetera
I have no pride of authorship about
this.
Respectfully yours,
James tour tal
James Forrestal
The President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
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