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MESSAGE TO AMERICANS LONDON, July 16. General Patton's order of the day to the United States troops just before they landed in Sicily said- that when they landed they would meet German and Italian soldiers whom it was an honour and a privilege to attack and destroy. “Many of you have in your veins German and Italian blood,” he said, “but remember that these ancestors of yours so loved freedom that they gave up their home and country to cross the ocean in search of liberty. The ancestors of the people we shall kill lacked the courage to make such a sacrifice and continued as slaves. We. as the attackers, have the initiative. We must retain this tremendous advantage and keep punching. God with us, we shall win.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21150, 19 July 1943, Page 3
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130RETAIN INITIATIVE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21150, 19 July 1943, Page 3
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