Sir,

Attached is the Executive Summary with the changes you requested. The statement, “one of the epic river crossings of history” is published in writing at several locations within the document as follows:

Endorsements Tab

• Last page with first endorsement from MG Walker and commendation from LTG Patton’s actual comments dated 12 November 1944.

Other Docs Tab

• Third document with the 11th endorsement from MG Walker (Paragraph 1b) dated 23 January 1945.
• Fourth document from the Sniper Newsletter with LTG Patton’s written speech on the front page dated 1 December 1944.
• Eighth document from the Third Army Correspondents Briefing dated 24 November 1944 which states, “The attack by the 90th Division was the greatest surprise of the war. It was the snappiest operation we have ever put over.”

Maps Tab

• In this tab, I have outlined the text, “The Army Commander publicly announced this deed as the greatest military achievement of the war.”

I am sure that there are more instances of the statement located throughout the recommendation document, but I have only outlined the most important to back up the statement.

MAJ D