On the recordOctober 31, 1944
I call upon the people of the United States to observe it by bending every effort to hasten the day of final victory
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presidency.ucsb.eduI call upon the people of the United States to observe it by bending every effort to hasten the day of final victory
Proclamation 2629—Thanksgiving Day, 1944
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