He commandeered domestic airlines by executive order. There were swarms of American troops in every Dutch airport by morning. The Yankee soldiery, dazed and jet-lagged, were met by a courteous and chastened Dutch populace, waving homemade American flags. The President declared the War over—barely bothering to have a docile Congress certify this—and declared the arrival of a new American era. This epoch was to be henceforth known as the Return to Normalcy.