Mediterranean Bulletin - May 4th, 1945
An official USS MacKenzie Message from the Commander In Chief, Mediterranean (CINCMED)
TO
THE
MEDITERRANEAN STATION FROM COMMANDER IN CHIEF MEDITERRANEAN.
IT
GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO PASS ON TO THE ALLIED FLEETS IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM THE ADMIRALTY TO WHICH I HAVE
SENT A
SUITABLE REPLY BEGINS.
THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF THE ENEMY FORCES IN ITALY BRINGS TO AN
END AN HISTORIC SERIES
OF CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH THE BRITISH AND ALLIED NAVIES HAVE PLAYED A
NOTABLE AND INDISPENSABLE
PART. THEIR LORDSHIPS CONGRATULATE YOU AND ALL THE OFFICERS
AND
MEN UNDER YOUR COMMAND UPON AN ACHIEVEMENT WHICH WILL
LIVE IN THE ANNUALS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF WHICH THE END WAS WORTH OF
A GREAT BEGINNING.
(provided
by crewmate Bill Shew)