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SUBJ/NAVAL HOSPITAL CORPS ANNIVERSARY - 17 JUNE 2001//
POC/CPL WOODS/ADMIN CHIEF/CSG/-/TEL:703 614-2326//
RMKS/1. AS CORPSMEN AROUND THE WORLD PAUSE TO CELEBRATE THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL CORPS, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE
TO EXTEND BEST WISHES AND HEARTFELT THANKS ON BEHALF OF ALL
MARINES. FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS, IN PEACE AND IN WAR, NAVY
CORPSMEN HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR UNCOMMON
COMPASSION AND VALOR. THE BOND UNITING MARINES AND
CORPSMEN, FORGED IN SHARED HARDSHIP AND TEMPERED BY MUTUAL
RESPECT, HAS GROWN UNBREAKABLE.
2. SINCE THE NAVAL HOSPITAL CORPS  FOUNDING, MARINES HAVE TAKEN
GREAT COMFORT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT A "HEALING HAND" WAS AT
THEIR SIDE. WHETHER IN GARRISON, TRAINING, OR COMBAT, OUR EVER
DEPENDABLE "DOCS" HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE AS BOTH HEALERS AND
COMRADES-IN-ARMS. IT IS FITTING, THEREFORE, THAT ON THIS
SPECIAL DAY, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE INTEGRAL MEMBERS OF THE
MARINE CORPS FAMILY.
3. CONGRATULATIONS, ON THIS, YOUR 103RD ANNIVERSARY. MARINES,
SAILORS, AND THE NATION WE SERVE ARE PROUD OF YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THANKFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE. HAPPY
BIRTHDAY AND SEMPER FIDELIS!
4. J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE
MARINE CORPS.//
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