02/28/1945
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"it is fitting that we give thanks with special fervor to our Heavenly Father for the mercies we have received individually and as a nation"
"we should lift up our hearts in thanksgiving"
"I call upon the people of the United States to observe it by bending every effort to hasten the day of final victory"
"I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9177 of May 30, 1942, to the United States Maritime Commission and the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration."