Show STATE OF UTAH office mice 1 ALT CITY 4 september 20 i TO THE SERVICE MEN OF UTAH f 1 i i if since the lay day we sorrowfully 1 yet proudly y bade you gods godspeed P eed on your mission to preserve to posterity the ideals of liberty and justice we havo have looked forward eagerly to the time when we might be i 3 privileged to welcome you home and convey in so some me degree our deep appreciation of the valiant service you have performed and to give expression to our 16 thankfulness for your safe return il because of the manner of your homecoming y individually and in small anorga unorganized iced groups i tw te vp not practicable to extend to you ahe he reception so richly v N deserved when you again set foo floon on the soil of your s native state but the thirteen legislature of the it state of utah appreciating t th debt of ci gratitude due y you has made possible for esthe us the occasion so eagerly v sought A to carry ou out ah the e intent of the legislature in and to afford us the ap opportunity pox t i y so much desired I 1 h have set aside oct october 0 o be I 1 8 9 and 10 for the the official welcome by the state ito 0 aur returned A service men the program will be it carried ari ed out at salt lake city and will vill include besides expressions of our appreciation our humble tribute t to thase who have honored honore d the pages of history by giving air lives in defense of the institutions so dear to a liberty loving people y i 1 on an behalf of the people of the state of I 1 utah I 1 extend to every man connected with any branch of the military organization of the united states during the T recent world war soldier sailor and marine to the members of their families and the members 0 of L the families of those who gave their lives in the service a most cordial fat d i a 0 p mth s b rt d crate cra te 8 ed an d I 1 16 an ans ina inae e 1 to the ll 11 1 I 1 greatest degree compliance with wi th the wishes of those jl of us who were denied the privilege of sharing with E you the high honor and the glory which comes with r r service under the stars and stripes sincerely x y governor |