1:54:01
I've never seen
anything like it.
1:54:04
The entire city's come out to celebrate
the return of America's greatest hero.
1:54:11
Officials estimate from
seven- to ten-million people...
1:54:14
are here on hand, and that
surpasses Lindbergh's...
1:54:16
and Eisenhower's homecomings
put together.
1:54:19
Schools are out.
The crowd is excited.
1:54:22
The office workers are...
just have taken a holiday.
1:54:28
Meanwhile,
in our nation's capital,
1:54:30
the statement from the Joint
Chiefs of Staff said in part, quote:
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"It is fundamental
that all military commanders...
1:54:36
"must be governed by our laws and
the constitutional guarantee...
1:54:39
of civilian control
over the military. "
1:54:42
When asked to comment,
President Truman said:
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People who think they're God are bound
to get into trouble sooner or later.
1:54:48
You have to understand that the people of
this country are men and women of common sense,
1:54:52
and whenever anybody gets too far out of line,
the people are gonna put him out of business.
1:55:00
But once war
has been forced upon us...
1:55:05
there is no other
alternative...
1:55:08
than to apply
every available means...
1:55:11
to bring it to a swift end.
1:55:15
War's very object
is victory,
1:55:19
not prolonged indecision.
1:55:23
In war...
1:55:25
there can be no substitute
for victory.
1:55:34
For history teaches us,
with unmistakable emphasis...
1:55:38
that appeasement but begets
new and bloodier war.
1:55:43
Like blackmail,
it lays the basis for new...
1:55:48
and increasingly
greater demands...
1:55:50
until, as in blackmail...
1:55:53
violence becomes
the only alternative.