2005 MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 024/05
ALMARS : 024/05
R 261200Z MAY 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 024/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/2005 MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE//
POC/D. C. WEIGHTMAN/GS-15/SD/-/TEL:703-614-2423
/EMAIL:WEIGHTMANDC@HQMC.USMC.MIL/-//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  OUR NATION'S HISTORY HAS BEEN DEFINED
BY THE SACRIFICE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES.
MEMORIAL DAY IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEIR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE,
DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE.  HAVING PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE TO DEFEND
THE IDEALS OF OUR NATION, THEY EXEMPLIFY THE NOBLE VALUE OF PLACING
COUNTRY BEFORE SELF.
2.  OVER THE PAST YEAR, MANY OF OUR FELLOW MARINES GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO THIS GREAT NATION.  WE HONOR THEM FOR
THEIR SERVICE AND MOURN WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES.
3.  THIS YEAR THE MARINE CORPS AGAIN SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL MOMENT OF
REMEMBRANCE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO DIED IN SERVICE TO OUR
COUNTRY.  I ENCOURAGE ALL MARINES TO JOIN THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS ON
30 MAY 2005 AT 1500 LOCAL TIME TO SOLEMNLY REFLECT ON THE DEEDS AND
SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN BATTLE IN DEFENSE OF OUR
LIBERTY.  BY DOING SO, WE HONOR THE VALOR, FIDELITY AND ABILITIES OF
THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE.  LET US RESOLVE TO EXEMPLIFY THEIR
SPIRIT IN OUR ENDEAVORS TODAY AS WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THEIR
EXAMPLE OF HONOR, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//