Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

All functions of administration pertaining to national cemeteries and memorials located in Europe... be, and they are hereby, transferred from the War Department to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Context

Executive Order 6614—Transfer of Functions of the War Department Pertaining to National Cemeteries and Memorials in Europe...

02/25/1934

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