R 301907Z JUN 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 024/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC//
SUBJ/1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING ANNIVERSARY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO EXTEND HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MARINES AND SAILORS OF 1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING (1ST MAW) AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 69TH ANNIVERSARY. 
2.  SINCE YOUR INCEPTION ON 7 JULY 1941 AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, 1ST MAW HAS PROVED ITS METTLE IN EVERY MAJOR WAR AND CONFLICT.  FROM TEAMING UP AS THE CACTUS AIR FORCE AT GUADALCANAL TO PROVIDING CLOSE AIR SUPPORT IN KOREA AND VIETNAM, THE MARINES OF 1ST MAW HAVE SUPPORTED OUR MARINES ON THE GROUND, RESUPPLIED OUR TROOPS AND ALLIES, AND EVACUATED WOUNDED COMRADES FROM ISLAND AIRSTRIPS, FROZEN PASSES, AND MOUNTAINTOP BASES. 
3.  YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR FELLOW MARINES IS A GREAT CREDIT TO THE CORPS.  TODAY, THE MARINES OF 1ST MAW PROUDLY CARRY ON THE ILLUSTIOURS LEGACY YOU HELPED FORGE.  AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY, KNOW THAT ALL MARINES ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SELFLESS SERVICE TO CORPS AND COUNTRY.
4.  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND SEMPER FIDELIS.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//