September 13, 1945
Dear General Pershing:
This should be one of the happiest of your many birthdays as you remember that this time we went all the way through to Berlin, as you counseled in 1918. I hail a great soldier who happily exemplified also the vision of the statesman.
With every good wish.
Very sincerely yours,
HARRY S. TRUMAN
[General John J. Pershing, Walter Reed Hospital ]
Harry S Truman, Message to General Pershing on His 85th Birthday. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/231013