I know that from your own viewpoint your magnificent accomplishments of the past six years have represented a mere performance of duty but I sincerely trust that you have some inkling of the extraordinary place your work has won for you in the respect and affections of the whole country. For myself I want only to assure you once again that in every problem and in every test I have faced during the war years, your example has been an inspiration and your support has been my greatest strength. My sense of obligation to you is equaled only by the depth of my pride and satisfaction as I salute you as the greatest soldier of our time and a true leader of democracy.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, in a ceremony at the Pentagon (26 November 1945), published in The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower: Occupation, 1945 (1970), edited by Alfred Dupont Chandler and Louis Galambos, p. 548George Marshall
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