The skies no longer rain death - the seas bear only commerce - Men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. America will never forget their sacrifices. Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid they have earned our undying gratitude.
and they shared to the full in the ultimate destruction of the enemy. was matched by that of the armed forces of the nations that fought by our side. We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other. I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. You are about the embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. This was a people's war and everyone was in it. Women who stepped up were measured as citizens of the nation, not as women. They have made the planes and welded the tanks, riveted the ships and rolled the shells. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have given their sons to the military services. They died together and now they sleep side by side. They fought together as brothers-in-arms.
Here in the presence of Washington and Lincoln, one the Eighteenth Century father and the other the Nineteenth Century preserver of our nation, we honor those Twentieth Century Americans who took up the struggle during the Second World War and made the sacrifices to perpetuate the gift of our forefathers entrusted to us: A nation conceived in liberty and justice.ĭecember 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through absolute victory. Florian, Design Architect, American Battle, Monuments Commission, 2004. Bush, President of the United States, Friedrich St. , Walter Lord, author, (Dedication Inscription): World War II Memorial, George W. even against the greatest odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory. Yet they did, and in doing so they changed the course of a war. , General Douglas MacArthur, Battle of Midway June 4-7, 1942, They had no right to win. Truman, The War's End, Today the guns are silent. Truman, Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid they have earned our undying gratitude.
Eisenhower, We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other. , Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby, (Quotations on the Inside):, D-Day J, You are about the embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. Roosevelt, Women who stepped up were measured as citizens of the nation, not as women.
Nimitz, (Quotations on Northeast Entrance):, They have given their sons to the military services. Roosevelt, They fought together as brothers-in-arms. , Here in the presence of Washington and Lincoln, one the Eighteenth Century father and the other the Nineteenth Century preserver of our nation, we honor those Twentieth Century Americans who took up the struggle during the Second World War and made the sacrifices to perpetuate the gift of our forefathers entrusted to us: A nation conceived in liberty and justice., (Quotations on the Southeast Entrance):, Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through absolute victory.