United States 8th Army Air Force
UNITED STATES
8TH ARMY AIR FORCE
IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO SERVED
1942 1945
IN THE LONG DARK YEARS, THE TRIALS,
THE TRIBULATIONS BEFORE THEM
UNDAUNTED THEY PREVAILED ON SHIELDS
OF SILVER WINGS
VICTORY OVER TYRANNY, VICTORY OVER
ADVERSITY
LIKE ALL WHO CHERISH FREEDOM, THEY
STOOD STRONG, THEY STOOD VIGILANT
UNITED NOT IN NUMBER ALONE BUT IN
STRENGTH OF UNITY
THEY GAVE TO THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS
THE GREATEST SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
WELL DONE MIGHTY 8TH WELL DONE
DEDICATED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER 8TH AİR FORCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY