ALMARS : 044/10
R 042041Z NOV 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 44/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/VETERANS DAY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. 11 NOVEMBER 1918 MARKED THE END OF THE "GREAT" WAR. ORIGINALLY CELEBRATED AS ARMISTICE DAY UNTIL 1954, THE DAY WAS SET ASIDE FOR ALL AMERICANS TO REMEMBER THE SERVICE OF THOSE IN UNIFORM. NOW KNOWN AS VETERANS DAY, 11 NOVEMBER PROVIDES ALL AMERICANS THE SOLEMN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE FREEDOMS WE HOLD DEAR.
2. LIKE THEIR PREDECESSORS, TODAY'S SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES AND COAST GUARDSMEN CONTINUE TO STAND UNWAVERING IN THE FACE OF DEADLY FOES, PROVIDING SECURITY TO OUR NATION AND BRINGING STABILITY TO THE OPPRESSED AROUND THE WORLD. SINCE THE BIRTH OF OUR REPUBLIC, AMERICA'S VETERANS HAVE PAID A HIGH PRICE FOR FREEDOM. ON THIS HALLOWED DAY, PLEASE REMEMBER EACH MEMBER OF OUR MILITARY COMMUNITY WITH REVERENCE FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GO INTO HARM'S WAY AND SACRIFICE OF THEMSELVES IN SERVICE TO OUR GREAT NATION.
3. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS, I AM HONORED TO SALUTE THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR NATION'S ARMED FORCES FOR THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND COMMITMENT TO THE UNITED STATES AND ITS CITIZENS.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//