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December 19, 1945

Posted on December 19, 2017December 17, 2017

1945: President Truman urges establishment of the Department of Defense with an air arm equal to the Army and Navy.

https://www.trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/index.php?pid=508&st=&st1=

 

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