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D/T 021C467
CR 5427
2 MAY 1945
OPERATIONAL PRIORITY
s
15 AND GENER
"NATIONAL
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
ROVER
and
FROM: THE PRESIDENT
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION AND
CONGRATULATION TO FIELD MARSHAL ALEXANDER IS
FORWARDED WITH A REQUEST THAT IT BE TRANSMITTED
TO FIELD MARSHAL ALEXANDER:
"ON THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION OF THE SURRENDER
OF The GERMAN ARMED FORCES IN ITALY, I CONVEY TO
YOU FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SIGNAL SUCCESS OF THE
ALLIED ARMIES, NAVIES AND AIR FORCES UNDER YOUR
COMMAND, GAINED ONLY BY PERSISTENT HEROIC EFFORT
THROUGH MANY MONTHS OF A MOST DIFFICULT CAMPAIGN.
I SEND ALSO TO YOU PERSONALLY OUR APPRECIATION OF
THE HIGH ORDER OF YOUR LEADERSHIP WHICH CONDUCTED
OUR ARMIES TO THEIR COMPLETE VICTORY.'
(SIGNED) HARRY S. TRUMAN
Kallman
Adm Stark
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