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MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS //
SUBJ/4TH MARINE DIVISION ANNIVERSARY //
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO CONGRATULATE THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 4TH MARINE DIVISION (4TH MARDIV) ON THEIR 67TH ANNIVERSARY.
2.  ACTIVATED ON 16 AUGUST 1943, IN THE MIDST OF WORLD WAR II, MARINES OF 4TH MARDIV HEROICALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE AMPHIBIOUS CAMPAIGNS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, ON SAIPAN AND TINIAN IN THE MARIANAS, AND ON IWO JIMA.  THESE MARINES LEFT ALL OF US A LEGACY OF SKILL, VALOR, AND COURAGE.
3.  THOUGH DEACTIVATED AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF WORLD WAR II, 4TH MARDIV WAS REBORN IN THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE IN 1966.  SINCE THAT TIME, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE 4TH MARDIV HAVE NEVER FAILED TO ANSWER THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL BOTH IN TIMES OF WAR AND IN PEACE TO PROVIDE COMBAT TRAINED AND READY UNITS COMPRISED OF EXPERIENCED AND PROFESSIONAL MARINES.  WHETHER IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, OR AT HOME, YOUR SERVICE AND EXPERTISE HAVE ENSURED THAT THE MISSION IS ALWAYS ACCOMPLISHED.
4.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINES.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINES CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//