CJCS-ALMILACT MESSAGE 06-05, MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE 2005

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SUBJ: CJCS-ALMILACT MESSAGE 06-05, MEMORIAL DAY 2005
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SUBJ/CJCS-ALMILACT MESSAGE 06-05, MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE 2005//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AND I JOIN EVERY AMERICAN ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY IN REMEMBERING THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES SO THAT WE MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM.

WE REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS AND COMRADES WHO SERVED WITH US MOST RECENTLY IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM AND ALSO THOSE BRAVE AMERICANS FROM GENERATIONS PAST WHOSE VALOR AND SACRIFICE HELPED SECURE OUR FREEDOMS. WE ESPECIALLY REMEMBER OUR WORLD WAR II VETERANS THIS YEAR AS WE CELEBRATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN EUROPE. WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO ALL THE SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, PAST AND PRESENT. THIS LEGACY OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE CONTINUES TO BRING PEACE, HOPE, PROSPERITY AND FREEDOM TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR ALLIES.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA.
SIGNED: RICHARD B. MYERS, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF//
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