The Pittsburgh Press (May 29, 1945)
Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
This is Memorial Day, sacred to the memory of those who offered their lives for the nation in war. This year there are graves to remember in strange, far places of the earth, where the Stars and Stripes had never flown before. We shall visit the graves of our heroes – where it is possible – and heap them with flowers, according to our custom, but this year we can and must do something more.
We must buy that extra war bond, no matter how we have to strain to do it. For the more bonds we buy, the fewer graves there will be next year.
And what greater service can we render to those who have fallen than to preserve the lives of their comrades-in-arms?
Flower for our heroic dead! War Bonds for our heroic living!