We, the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Cambridge, hereby confer the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Cambridge upon the Eighth United States Army Air Force in recognition and grateful appreciation of the great part played by that Unit in winning victory for the cause of liberty and justice in the European War, now at length concluded, and in memory of the close and happy association with Cambridge of the whole Unit throughout the long struggle, and in the sincere hope that this association will contribute to ever increasing friendship and understanding between the American and British peoples in the years to come.
Given under the Common Seal this Second day of August, 1945.