◆ SpookStack

YON a are, land, on the sea and in the skies, living, talking and praying with thousands of our men of the armed forces. And when our soldiers talked to me of home, mother, family and America, their hopes, plans and promises were not mere mouthings but the sincere, solemn pledges unspoiled : of men determined to keep Uns3x3a% their country and their faith! In every corner of the fighting world boys gave me letters to take home. One I remember well even to this day, for, ae the boy read it to me I felt it should be addressed, not to his mother alone, but to every American, worthy in ite simplicity, forthrightness and wiedon - to take its place beside Benjamin Franklin's own lyrics of literature: I quote it now: "Today we are faced with the greatest organized challenge to eiviligation that the world has ever known, andrI count myself honored to have the right and the opportunity to fight against 4t. There will be much work, too, for you, for the homefront must stand forever united after the war is won, or the tyranny of totalitarianiem will rend apart the world we fought and died to save.“ will and This warning to us was his last Aestament! Millions of our boys, like him, fulfilled their pledge and kept their faith. They have the right to know that they have not spilled thelr common blood in vain, and, so long as our hearts beat and breath lingers within our bodies, it is our duty and privilege to pray and work to protect America against another “greatest organized challenge to civilization.® And I profess that any and every man who denies America his undivided allegiance is ersny of this beloved land, and like Benjamin Franklin, I add = an enemy of mine. OSORNO cape oc pe oe ae RESET cet