Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Wherever our boys in the services go, they are welcomed not only as liberators but as good friends."

"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 am deeply grateful, therefore, for this award."

"The American Army—including thousands of Americans of Italian descent—entered Italy not as conquerors, but as liberators."