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SUBJ: SECNAV VETERANS DAY MESSAGE

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SUBJ/SECNAV VETERANS DAY MESSAGE//
RMKS/1.  ON VETERANS DAY, AMERICA HONORS THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN
UNIFORM.  IT IS A DAY THAT REMINDS US THAT A NATIONS FREEDOM EXISTS
ONLY AS LONG AS ITS CITIZENS ARE WILLING TO DEFEND IT.
2.  THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, BRAVE AMERICANS HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO



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DUTY IN DEFENSE OF THIS NATION.  THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN WHILE
FOLLOWING THIS PATH OF HONOR WILL FOREVER LIVE AS HEROES IN THE
ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND WE WILL ALWAYS STAND HUMBLED BY THEIR
SACRIFICE.  YOU WHO SERVE TODAY DO SO WILLINGLY WITH UNBOUNDED
DEDICATION--STEPPING FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY AS A
NATION IS PROTECTED FROM THOSE WHO WISH TO TAKE IT AWAY.  AMERICAS
DESTINY AS A BEACON OF LIBERTY IN A TURBULENT WORLD IS BUILT ON THE
COURAGE AND PATRIOTIC DEVOTION OF ALL WHO SERVE.  LET US RESOLVE TO
BE WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR NATIONS VETERANS.
3.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR
FAMILIES.
4.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
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