DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Friday, August 18, 1944

THANKS FOR THE LIFT, AMERICA!

All Over the World, Our Fighting Men Salute the Home-
Front for "Backing the Attack" in the 5th War Loan
Drive. The 5th War Loan Has Gone Over the Top!

You've attained every one of the 5th War Loan objectives—
and then some! The overall goal, corporate and individual,
was $16 billion; $20,639,000,000 was realized. The individual
goal was $6 billion; $6,330,000,000 (preliminary) was realized.
The "E" or "People's" Bond goal—the most important ele-
ment in the individual quota, and the hardest one to make—
was $3 billion; $3,036,000,000 was realized.
The American public has scored not only a resounding
Victory on the home-front, but the greatest one to date
For this inspiring demonstration of "Democracy-in-Action,"
our fighting men on all the far-flung battlefronts of the world
give thanks for the lift. The spirit you have shown gives re-
assurance of support to those on the long and bloody road to
Berlin . . . and Tokyo.
Every man, woman and child in America may well thrill
with pride at the success of this unprecedented drive—the
greatest war-financing operation the world has ever known.
This includes the millions who "dug deep" to buy extra Bonds
and the untiring volunteers who helped sell them—the whole
cavalcade of America galvanized into action on a spontaneous

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voluntary basis.

But just as the battle continues with ever mounting fury,
so we on the home-front must continue to "back the attack."
As General Eisenhower has said:
"Satisfactory as is the progress of this
battle to date, in magnitude it is but a
mere beginning to the tremendous
struggles that must follow before final vic:
tory is achieved.
"To this end we need every man, every
weapon, and all the courage and fortitude
of our respective peoples. The Allied soldier
will do his duty."

Yes—and we on the home-front will do our duty, also.
Let no man think that in such heart-stirring times as these,
when our boys are facing their most crucial weeks and months
ahead, that the part we play in buying Bonds is trivial com-
pared to their earth-shaking deeds and heroic challenging of
death.
Far from trivial, our home-front tasks are today more im-
portant than ever.
Encouraged by the example of what a united people can do
when the cause is just, let us con tinue to "back the attack—
buy more than before" until the day of final victory. And let
us resolve not only to buy bonds to the fullest extent of our
powers, but to hold them until maturity—for a better, a

safer, happier world for all.

Keep "Backing 'Em Up"— WITH WAR BONDS

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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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