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SUBJ/2012 MEMORIAL DAY SAFETY MESSAGE//

RMKS/1.  THIS MEMORIAL DAY, WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER THE SAILORS AND  MARINES WHO 
HAVE FOUGHT THROUGHOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY.  WHETHER IT  WAS THE SAILORS AND 
MARINES WHO FOUGHT 200 YEARS AGO DURING THE WAR  OF 1812, OR THE MEN AND WOMEN 
WHO FOUGHT IN IRAQ AND ARE STILL  SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN, THE NATION OWES A 
DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

2.  WE MUST ALSO TAKE CARE OF OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS.  THEY DID THEIR  JOBS, NOW 
WE MUST DO OURS BY SUPPORTING THEM AND THOSE WHO GIVE OF  THEIR TIME AND 
TALENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR WARRIORS.

3.  I AM PERSONALLY GRATEFUL BECAUSE MY JOB ALLOWS ME THE OPPORTUNITY  TO 
VISIT WITH SAILORS AND MARINES DEPLOYED ACROSS THE GLOBE,  SACRIFICING FOR OUR 
NATION EVERY DAY.  I USE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO  SHAKE THE HANDS OF AS MANY 
MILITARY PERSONNEL AS I CAN, AND TO OFFER  THANKS, ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL 
NATION.  I ONLY WISH I COULD THANK  YOU ALL.  YOU MAKE UP THE GREATEST 
EXPEDITIONARY FIGHTING FORCE THE  WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, AND THE NATION WILL 
NOT FORGET THE SACRIFICES  YOU HAVE MADE IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM EVERYWHERE.

4.  I WISH YOU A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION.

5.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//

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