225TH BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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SUBJ/225TH BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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RMKS/1.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HONORABLE MR.
CLINTON SENDS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE:
   "WARM GREETINGS TO MARINES ACROSS OUR NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD
AS AMERICANS CELEBRATE THE 225TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS.
   SINCE NOVEMBER 10, 1775, WHEN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PASSED A
RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT "TWO BATTALIONS OF MARINES BE RAISED,"
BRAVE MARINES LIKE YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVICE.  FROM THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS TO TODAY'S CHALLENGING
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS, MARINES HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO PROTECT OUR
COUNTRY AND PROMOTE OUR IDEALS.
   AS EACH OF YOU KNOWS ALL TOO WELL, THE FREEDOMS THAT WE CHERISH
ARE NOT AND NEVER HAVE BEEN FREE, AND IT IS IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO
THE SKILL, PATRIOTISM, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY OF MARINES LIKE YOU THAT
WE ENJOY THESE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TODAY.  WHETHER SERVING IN THE
AIR, ON THE LAND, OR AT SEA, THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HAS A
LONG AND DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF SERVICE, AND YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD
OF YOUR CONTIBUTIONS TO THAT LEGACY.
   ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL NATION, I SALUTE YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE AND  
COMMITMENT.  BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.  "SEMPER
FIDELIS."
2.  SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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