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SUBJ/2001 INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE//
POC/CPL WOODS/ADMIN CHIEF/CSG/-/TEL:703 614-2326//
RMKS/1.  INDEPENDENCE DAY IS ONE OF OUR NATION S MOST CHERISHED
CELEBRATIONS.  FOR ALL AMERICANS, IT REMINDS US THAT OUR FREEDOM
WAS BORNE OUT OF COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND AN IRON CLAD VISION OF
FAITH IN THE FUNDAMENTAL GOODNESS OF OUR NATURE BY THE FOUNDING
FATHERS.
2.  AS WE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY, LET US DO SO WITH GREAT PRIDE
IN THE CONTRIBUTION MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE MADE TO OUR
LIBERTY AND TO THE SHINING EXAMPLE OUR NATION REPRESENTS TO THE
WORLD IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW CENTURY.
3.  OUR CORPS IS PROOF THAT AMERICA S BEST DAYS ARE YET TO COME.  WE
ARE PROUD TO BE THE GUARDIANS OF OUR CHERISHED FREEDOMS AND OF OUR
ROLE AS INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF THE SPIRIT EMBODIED IN THE CONCEPT OF
THE CITIZEN - MARINE.
4.  AS WE TRAVEL TO CELEBRATE THE BLESSING OF INDEPENDENCE DAY, I ASK
THAT EACH OF US TO DO SO SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY, SO THAT WHEN WE
REPORT BACK TO OUR UNITS AND RETURN TO OUR HOMES, THE WORDS "ALL
PRESENT" WILL CONTAIN A SPECIAL TRUTH.
5.  SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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