Plaque Wording:
{top left}IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I SALUTE THE ISLAND OF MALTA. ITS PEOPLE AND DEFENDERS WHO. IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND DECENCY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HAVE RENDEPED VALOROUS SERVICE FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
U NDER QEPEATED FIRE FROM THE SKIES MALTA STOOD ALONE BUT UNAFRAID IN THE CENTER OF THE SEA, ONE TINY BRIGHT FLAME IN THE DARKNESS- A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE CLEARER DAYS WHICH HAVE COME.
MALTA'S BRIGHT STORY OF HUMAN FORTITUDE AND COURAGE WILL BE READ BY POSTERITY WITH WONDER AND WITH IGRATITUDE THROUGH ALL THE AGES. WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS ISLAND MAINTAINS, THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF CALLANT MEN AND WOMEN WHO FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME HAVE LIVED AND DIED TO PRESERVE CIVILIZATION FOR ALL MANKIND DECEMBER 1943 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
{top right} BUCKINCHAM PALACE THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA TO HONOUR HER BRAVE PEOPLE I AWARD THE GEORGE CROSS TO THE ISLAND FORTRESS OF MALTA TO BEAR WITNESS TO A HEROISM AND DEVOTION THAT WILL LONG BE FAMOUS IN HISTORY GEORCE RI APRIL 15th 1942
U NDER QEPEATED FIRE FROM THE SKIES MALTA STOOD ALONE BUT UNAFRAID IN THE CENTER OF THE SEA, ONE TINY BRIGHT FLAME IN THE DARKNESS- A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE CLEARER DAYS WHICH HAVE COME.
MALTA'S BRIGHT STORY OF HUMAN FORTITUDE AND COURAGE WILL BE READ BY POSTERITY WITH WONDER AND WITH IGRATITUDE THROUGH ALL THE AGES. WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS ISLAND MAINTAINS, THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF CALLANT MEN AND WOMEN WHO FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME HAVE LIVED AND DIED TO PRESERVE CIVILIZATION FOR ALL MANKIND DECEMBER 1943 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
{top right} BUCKINCHAM PALACE THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA TO HONOUR HER BRAVE PEOPLE I AWARD THE GEORGE CROSS TO THE ISLAND FORTRESS OF MALTA TO BEAR WITNESS TO A HEROISM AND DEVOTION THAT WILL LONG BE FAMOUS IN HISTORY GEORCE RI APRIL 15th 1942