• I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.

    Harry S. Truman: I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.
    "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1950, Volume 6".