"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."
"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."
"We shall require—all of us—the same determination, the same devotion, as we steer our course through the great age of exploration..."
"When that military objective is accomplished—and much of it has not yet been accomplished—the Italian people will be free to work out their own destiny, under a government of their own choosing."
"The people of the United States will never forget how the other American Republics... rallied to our common defense."
"To the people of Italy we have pledged our help—and we will keep the faith!"
"The American Army—including thousands of Americans of Italian descent—entered Italy not as conquerors, but as liberators."
"Today is the birthday of the new world."
"Today—every day—many times that number of men and many tons of cargo are carried across the ocean by air—they go across in a few hours."