Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1905 - 1981. General Records. 1919 - 1978. Autographed Plaque of the 63rd Infantry Division

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Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1905 - 1981. General Records. 1919 - 1978. Autographed Plaque of the 63rd Infantry Division

1943

This plaque with the symbol of the 63rd Infantry Division, whose motto was "Blood and Fire," bears the signatures of: Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, General George C. Marshall, Field Marshal Alan Brooke, Fleet Admiral Ernest King, Admiral of the Fleet Dudley Pound, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Portal, General H. H. Arnold, Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, and General Hastings Ismay.

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