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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAR. 12, 14, 1945 ARMY DAY, 1945 March 12, 195 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2421 A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS our valiant Army by its heroic achievements in carry- ing the war to the territory of our enemies and by its great victories during the past year has strengthened the confidence of this Nation and its Allies in their vast struggle against tyrannical powers seeking to enslave the world; and WHEREAS American soldiers in their unflinching devotion to duty are suffering and dying in defense of our land and our spiritual heritage; and WHEREAS the armies of the United Nations with strength born of unity are liberating the oppressed, and by their victory over tyranny are laying the foundation of a world order to make secure those freedoms for which they fight; and WHEREAS the Congress, by Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, 75th Congress, agreed to by the House of Representatives on March 50otat. 110. 16, 1937, has recognized April 6 of each year as Army Day and has requested that the President issue a proclamation annually with respect to that day: DPIInatofAprfl NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- , 1, Amy Day. dent of the United States of America, in order that we may give special honor to our courageous soldiers, do hereby proclaim Friday, April 6, 1945, as Army Day, and do invite the Governors of the various States to issue proclamations calling for the observance of that day. I also urge the civilians of this Nation to renew their energies for the task of supplying our Army with every necessary implement of war to the end that final victory may be attained as speedily as pos- sible, and to resolve that the peace which follows victory shall be firmly sustained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this 12th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-five, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-ninth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: E. R. STETTINIUS, Jr. Secretary of State "I AM AN AMERICAN DAY", 1945 March14,1945 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2643] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS within the last twelve months we have granted citizen- ship with its many privileges to thousands of foreign-born men and women through naturalization, and have received into full citizenship the great numbers of native-born youth who have come of age; and WHEREAS these citizens are giving strength to our democracy in its struggle against tyranny and in its striving to make secure through international organization the rights and opportunities of citizens in our own and in other sovereign nations; and [59 STAT.

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