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i: EIGllLll tmITED Sl'A'I'i.:S t.rort KO:SA (W3A!;:)
, Offico of tho COI:LlolllldiIl:; G'-'nc.al
21 JanU3ry 1!l51
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7. If those be true. lInel to me they ere. boyond eny pocslbULty
of ch311e~\31i. then thh hils long einc:e ceased to be a fLght for frccdOQ for
uur t~r(Hl.I.l /,lUes alone en4 for their uatiolllll survival. It has boco.... o.
o~d it continues to be. a fLsht for our own freedoo. for our own survival,
in en bO:l;)rcb1c, lndeplludc.'t\t natiolllll ubteuce.
s. :rhe .r.acdfices \:0 havo tU:~o. alld th·~$e ve el'All yet c~ll't".n C,
m:c not offered vicariouoly for othors, but in our Qtln direct defenso.
10. Thc90 ara the things for Lilith 10'3 fisht. tlcver have lUCu:.bers
of IIny rJ.litary co::'Dmld hr.d a grellter challcl\3c than we, or a final:' OPP0l:
tuuity· to show oursalves Md our people at their best--mld thuG be an h,,",,::
to tho p.OfC~Dicu of arcs, and a credit to those ~"ho bred us.
U. B. F.1d::,'Vay
Liauterumt Ge:ncl"Ql, United SUites .\"rt""l_
COI!mIlll:l1r.S
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