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Volume 56

Public Law 77–810

Extending seasons greetings to our armed forces.

Approved December 23, 1942

Statutory text

JOINT RESOLUTION

Extending seasons greetings to our armed forces.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That the Congress of the

Season’s greetings to armed forces.

United States, on behalf of the American people, and with a deep and abiding sense of gratitude, does hereby convey to the members of our armed forces and auxiliary services, and those of our Allies on land, on sea, and in the air, its best wishes and greetings of the season to them and to their families and its fervent hope and prayer for a speedy and complete victory and a lasting peace; and be it further Resolved,

That the Congress of the United States does hereby respectfully request that the Commander in Chief of our armed forces, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, transmit these greetings through the proper and official channels to the armies throughout the world.

Approved, December 23, 1942.

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