041855Z JUN 10
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ALMAR 020/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS //
SUBJ/UNITED STATES ARMY 235TH ANNIVERSARY//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  ON BEHALF OF MARINES SERVING AROUND THE GLOBE, IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR COMRADES-IN-ARMS AS YOU CELEBRATE THE 235TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON 14 JUNE.  THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS FINE INSTITUTION, BRAVE SOLDIERS HAVE RISEN TO EVERY TASK AND FOUGHT VALIANTLY IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM.
2.  SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FILL YOUR RANKS HAVE DEFENDED OUR NATION WITH THE UTMOST COURAGE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY.  THROUGH THE WHEAT FIELDS OF BELLEAU WOOD AND THE JUNGLES OF THE PACIFIC TO THE SNOW-CAPPED TAEBEK MOUNTAINS OF KOREA AND THE DUSTY STREETS OF IRAQ, MARINES AND SOLDIERS HAVE FOUGHT TOGETHER TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF OUR NATION.
3.  AS YOU CELEBRATE THIS YEAR, KNOW THAT ALL MARINES SALUTE YOU FOR YOUR PROUD HERITAGE, VALOR, AND HONORABLE SERVICE.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//