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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 29, 1950
The President today sent the following message to
ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL SERVICE* RECORDS AND
General Douglas MacArthur:
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"I know that I speak for the entire American people when I send you
my warmest congratulations on the victory which has been achieved
under your leadership in Korea. Few operations in military history
can match either the delaying action where you traded space for time
in which to build up your forces, or the brilliant manouver which has
now resulted in the liberation of Seoul. 1 am particularly impressed
by the splendid cooperation of our Army, Navy and Air Force, and I
wish you would extend my thanks and congratulations to the commanders
of those services -- Lieutenant General Walton H. Walker, Vice Admiral
Charles T. Joy and Lieutenant General George E. Strateneyer. The
unification of our arms established by you and by thom has set a
shining example. My thanks and the thanks of the people of all the
free nations go out to your gallent forces -- soldiers, sailors, marines
and air men -- from the United States and the other countries fighting
for freedom under the United Nations banner. I salute you all, and
say to all of you from all of us at home, "Well and nobly done."
/s/ HARRY S. TRUMAN"