To the Officers and Men of the 8th Infantry Division:

The proud record of the 8th Division in battle and service is unsurpassed.

You won your battles in the recent war by courage and by devotion; by the bravery of the men, and by the peerless example of the leaders.

With great pride in your accomplishments and with humility before the heroic self-sacrifice of the officers and men of this great Division, I subscribe myself.

Yours very respectfully,

Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.,
24 September, 1945