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I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Age: 66 †
Born: 1911
Born: May 27
Died: 1978
Died: January 13
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