Your service in defence of us all in jehat time of danger brought relief and hope, with joy in our safety, but far greater still was your achievement in aiding to uphold the honour of the Chinese as a great people. The leaders of China, irrespective of party or polities, must ever bear in their hearts the memory that through the example set by the International] Defence Forces in strength, fortitude and forbearance, control was. grad. wally [generals and the Nationalist autho ties first here in the outskirts of Shanghai, and later in the Yangtze valley, 0 that crimes against civilization were prevented, which would have been a blot on Chinese history.
That is what you did for this great and friendly people of China in that time of grave trial, and for us, all alike, residing here; our families, ves and our children. you landed in Shanghai, conditions were at their worst, it} was miserable with cold and rain and sleet, with little or no shelter, doing sentry duty during those days of turmoil and stress. You bore it all, as men of the U.S. Marines, true to your motto "Semper Fidelis," and from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for all that you have done! for us.
Conditions in China are still un-_ settled, and the future uncertain, but we hope and hold the firm belief that you will remain with us so long as) angers lurk.
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