Set into the granite paving at the center of the memorial terrace in bronze letters is the following inscription from General Dwight Eisenhower's dedication of the Roll of Honor at St. Paul's Cathedral in London:

ALL WHO SHALL HEREAFTER LIVE IN FREEDOM
WILL BE HERE REMINDED THAT TO THESE MEN
AND THEIR COMRADES WE OWE A DEBT TO
BE PAID WITH GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR SACRIFICE AND
WITH THE HIGH RESOLVE THAT
THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY DIED SHALL LIVE ETERNALLY.

Eisenhower Dedication