CARE Delivers Packages to Orphans in Postwar Europe
A live report describes the scene at a Paris orphanage on Christmas Day 1946, when the children open the first CARE packages delivered by the humanitarian organization.
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Truman's First Appearance as President
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Truman Announces Japan's Surrender
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fourth of July Address
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