Dwight D. Eisenhower Signed D-Day Message to the Allied Expeditionary Force

Eisenhower's message to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, issued June 6, 1944, the day of the Normandy invasion. This example was printed and signed in 1948, removed from a limited edition of his memoir Crusade in Europe (1,426 copies).

"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. Signed D-Day Message to the Allied Expeditionary Force, June 6, 1944; printed and signed 1948. Inventory #28143.