todaysdocument: Draft of letter from Harry S. Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt, 05/17/1948 Truman explains his general low regard for most conscientious objectors in this draft to Eleanor Roosevelt.  However he makes special mention of one, more than likely Desmond Doss, featured earlier this week.  (Although Doss was an Army medic, not a Navy Corpsman.)
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Draft of letter from Harry S. Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt, 05/17/1948

Truman explains his general low regard for most conscientious objectors in this draft to Eleanor Roosevelt.  However he makes special mention of one, more than likely Desmond Doss, featured earlier this week.  (Although Doss was an Army medic, not a Navy Corpsman.)

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