Word: proclamationâ
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...October date was scratched. After a National Security Council meeting on Nov. 5, Laird stayed behind and told Nixon that it was time for a decision if the raid was to be held that month. On Nov. 11?Veterans Day, renamed "Prisoners of War Day" this year by presidential proclamation???Nixon assembled Rogers, Laird, Kissinger and Admiral Thomas Moorer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Moorer reviewed the plans. The hazards were clear. The slow, low-flying, vulnerable helicopters could be detected and shot down. There might be more enemy units defending Son Tay than the 100 men that...
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