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By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and as President of the United States, and in order to enable the Chairman of the War Production Board more effectively to carry out his…
The United States promised to help build a new Nation in the Pacific, a Nation whose ideals, like our own, were liberty and equality and the democratic way of life.
Your fine cooperation with General MacArthur furnishes another example of teamwork and the effective and intelligent use of all weapons.
You have the Nation's gratitude and the Nation's prayers for success as you and your men fight your way back to Bataan.
The suffering, humiliation, and mental torture that you have endured since the barbarous, unprovoked, and treacherous attack upon the Philippines nearly three long years ago have aroused in the hearts of the American people a righteous…
Nowhere has the desire to avenge their comrades been stronger than among the forces of the Southwest Pacific.
The whole American Nation today exults at the news that the gallant men under your command have landed on Philippine soil.
The country has followed with pride the magnificent sweep of your Fleet into enemy waters.
When the Japanese invaders have been driven out, the Philippines will take their place as a free and independent member of the family of Nations.
I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War to designate the Commanding General, United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, as the military commander within the meaning of the act of March 21, 1942.
This gift of friendship—this participation in our community war appeal- is one war job we are not compelled to do, but it is one that we all willingly wish to do.
I know that we will keep faith with them, as they are keeping it with us, until their job is done.
Wherever our boys in the services go, they are welcomed not only as liberators but as good friends.
This year, more than ever, we need the friendly aid and assistance of all these great humanitarian agencies for our fighting forces.
The people of the United States will never forget how the other American Republics... rallied to our common defense.