ANNUAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
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• Publication Date: May 27, 1987
• Content Type: MISC

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ANNUAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY
27 MAY 1987
REMARKS BY ROBERT M. GATES
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO REMEMBER THE MEMBERS OF OUR
PROFESSION WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF OUR
COUNTRY AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. A STAR ON THE
WALL -- A NAME IN A BOOK, OR FOR SOME, ONLY A BLANK LINE -- IS
PRECIOUS LITTLE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR
SACRIFICE.
WE ARE, BY THE NATURE OF OUR WORK, AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE
EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE NATION MUST REMAIN SHROUDED BY
SECRECY. WE HAVE BECOME, OVER THE FORTY YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE
AS AN AGENCY, THE FINEST GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF ALL.
WE ARE AMERICA'S EYES AND EARS -- ITS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE --
IN THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS MANY AMERICANS TAKE FOR
GRANTED. WE HAVE TO BE A SILENT SERVICE. WE CANNOT SPEAK
FREELY OR DEFEND OURSELVES ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE
ASKED TO D0, EVEN TO FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY. MANY OF
OUR PEOPLE CANNOT ADMIT THEIR AFFILIATION WITH CIA. THE BOOK
OF HONOR PLACED HERE CONTAINS MANY LINES THAT ARE BLANK -- MUTE
TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE OFFICERS HONORED HERE
WILL NEVER BE KNOWN FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH US.
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THE NATION DOES NOT KNOW THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN. OUR
COUNTRYMEN DO NOT KNOW THAT WE ASK OUR PEOPLE TO SERVE IN
GODFORSAKEN AND VIOLENT PLACES, TAKING TERRIBLE RISKS ON
THEMSELVES AND EVEN THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THEM TO WORK LONG
HOURS, SOMETIMES SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, OFTEN SEPARATED
FROM THE NORMAL LIFE THAT THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS ENJOY. AND,
ON OCCASION, THEY MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE -- GIVING "THE
LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION" FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE AND
THEIR COUNTRY. IT IS THIS SACRIFICE, REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
THAT WE HONOR AND COMMEMORATE TODAY.
THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE INVOLVES RISK. WITHOUT RISK, WE
MUST FAIL. RISK AND DANGER ARE AT THE HEART OF EFFECTIVE
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING. BUT WITHOUT INTELLIGENCE WE WOULD FACE
A WORLD OF UNKNOWN DANGERS, UNSEEN TERRORS, AND HIDDEN
THREATS. DEALING WITH OUR ADVERSARIES AND OTHER CHALLENGES IS
HARD ENOUGH WHEN POLICYMAKERS ARE FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED BY
GOOD INTELLIGENCE -- WITHOUT IT, THEY WOULD BE BLIND AND DEAF
TO THE REALITIES OF A HARSH AND COMPLEX WORLD.
WE IN INTELLIGENCE LIVE IN A TWILIGHT WORLD WHERE FEW
DEFEND US PUBLICLY YET NEARLY ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR OUR
WORK AND THE LEGISLATURE SUSTAINS US GENEROUSLY. MOST OF US
LIVE AND RETIRE CONTENT AND SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE
HAVE HELPED DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND, IN SO DOING, HAVE PROTECTED
AND EXTENDED FREEDOM IN THE WORLD. BUT THOSE WE HONOR TODAY
WERE CUT DOWN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE AND IT IS OUR SOLEMN
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OBLIGATION NOT ONLY TO KEEP THEIR MEMORIES ALIVE, BUT ALSO
THEIR DEEDS ON BEHALF OF FREEDOM.
CEREMONIES THAT HONOR THE DEAD ARE, IN TRUTH, FOR THE
LIVING. THEY REMIND US OF OUR MORTALITY BUT ALSO CELEBRATE THE
LIVES AND MEMORIES OF THOSE WE HAVE LOVED, TRUSTED AND
RESPECTED. CERTAINLY, WE MOURN THEIR LOSS -- BUT WE ALSO GLORY
IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION TO OUR
SERVICE AND TO OUR COUNTRY.
IN SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY ~[, WE FIND THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF
COMRADESHIP IN BATTLE, "WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF
BROTHERS; FOR HE TODAY THAT SHEDS HIS BLOOD WITH ME SHALL BE MY
BROTHER." THOSE WE HONOR TODAY HAVE SHED THEIR BLOOD IN BATTLE
AND, BECAUSE THEY WERE OF US, THEY BIND US ONE TO ANOTHER -- WE
BAND OF BROTHERS IN THE SERVICE.
STAT
THE MAN WE HAVE CHOSEN TO HONOR SPECIFICALLY TODAY IS
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS, MR. CLAIR
GEORGE, WILL NOW TELL YOU ABOUT HIS LIFE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT LED TO HIS STAR ON THE WALL.
STAT
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ANNUAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY
27 MAY 1987
REMARKS BY ROBERT M. GATES
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO REMEMBER THE MEMBERS OF OUR
PROFESSION WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF OUR
COUNTRY AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. A STAR ON THE
WALL -- A NAME IN A BOOK, OR FOR SOME, ONLY A BLANK LINE -- IS
PRECIOUS LITTLE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR
SACRIFICE.
WE ARE, BY THE NATURE OF OUR WORK, AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE
EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE NATION MUST REMAIN SHROUDED BY
SECRECY. WE HAVE BECOME, OVER THE FORTY YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE
AS AN AGENCY, THE FINEST GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF ALL.
WE ARE AMERICA'S EYES AND EARS -- ITS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE --
IN THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS MANY AMERICANS TAKE FOR
GRANTED. WE HAVE TO BE A SILENT SERVICE. WE CANNOT SPEAK
FREELY OR DEFEND OURSELVES ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE
ASKED TO D0, EVEN TO FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY. MANY OF
OUR PEOPLE CANNOT ADMIT THEIR AFFILIATION WITH CIA. THE BOOK
OF HONOR PLACED HERE CONTAINS MANY LINES THAT ARE BLANK -- MUTE
TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE OFFICERS HONORED HERE
WILL NEVER BE KNOWN FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH US.
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THE NATION DOES NOT KNOW THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN. OUR
COUNTRYMEN DO NOT KNOW THAT WE ASK OUR PEOPLE TO SERVE IN
GODFORSAKEN AND VIOLENT PLACES, TAKING TERRIBLE RISKS ON
THEMSELVES AND EVEN THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THEM TO WORK LONG
HOURS, SOMETIMES SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, OFTEN SEPARATED
FROM THE NORMAL LIFE THAT THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS ENJOY. AND,
ON OCCASION, THEY MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE -- GIVING "THE
LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION" FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE AND
THEIR COUNTRY. IT IS THIS SACRIFICE, REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
THAT WE HONOR AND COMMEMORATE TODAY.
THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE INVOLVES RISK. WITHOUT RISK, WE
MUST FAIL. RISK AND DANGER ARE AT THE HEART OF EFFECTIVE
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING. BUT WITHOUT INTELLIGENCE WE WOULD FACE
A WORLD OF UNKNOWN DANGERS, UNSEEN TERRORS, AND HIDDEN
THREATS. DEALING WITH OUR ADVERSARIES AND OTHER CHALLENGES IS
HARD ENOUGH WHEN POLICYMAKERS ARE FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED BY
GOOD INTELLIGENCE -- WITHOUT IT, THEY WOULD BE BLIND AND DEAF
TO THE REALITIES OF A HARSH AND COMPLEX WORLD.
WE IN INTELLIGENCE LIVE IN A TWILIGHT WORLD WHERE FEW
DEFEND US PUBLICLY YET NEARLY ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR OUR
WORK AND THE LEGISLATURE SUSTAINS US GENEROUSLY. MOST OF US
LIVE AND RETIRE CONTENT AND SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE
HAVE HELPED DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND, IN SO DOING, HAVE PROTECTED
AND EXTENDED FREEDOM IN THE WORLD. BUT THOSE WE HONOR TODAY
WERE CUT DOWN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE AND IT IS OUR SOLEMN
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OBLIGATION NOT ONLY TO KEEP THEIR MEMORIES ALIVE, BUT ALSO
THEIR DEEDS ON BEHALF OF FREEDOM.
CEREMONIES THAT HONOR THE DEAD ARE, IN TRUTH, FOR THE
LIVING. THEY REMIND US OF OUR MORTALITY BUT ALSO CELEBRATE THE
LIVES AND MEMORIES OF THOSE WE HAVE LOVED, TRUSTED AND
RESPECTED. CERTAINLY, WE MOURN THEIR LOSS -- BUT WE ALSO GLORY
IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION TO OUR
SERVICE AND TO OUR COUNTRY.
IN SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY IY, WE FIND THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF
COMRADESHIP IN BATTLE, "WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF
BROTHERS; FOR HE TODAY THAT SHEDS HIS BLOOD WITH ME SHALL BE MY
BROTHER." THOSE WE HONOR TODAY HAVE SHED THEIR BLOOD IN BATTLE
AND, BECAUSE THEY WERE OF US, THEY BIND US ONE TO ANOTHER -- WE
BAND OF BROTHERS IN THE SERVICE.
THE MAN WE HAVE CHOSEN TO HONOR SPECIFICALLY TODAY IS
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS, MR. CLAIR
GEORGE, WILL NOW TELL YOU ABOUT HIS LIFE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT LED TO HIS STAR ON THE WALL.
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ANNUAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY
27 MAY 1987
REMARKS BY ROBERT M. GATES
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO REMEMBER THE MEMBERS OF OUR
PROFESSION WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF OUR
COUNTRY AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. A STAR ON THE
WALL -- A NAME IN A BOOK, OR FOR SOME, ONLY A BLANK LINE -- IS
PRECIOUS LITTLE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR
SACRIFICE.
WE ARE, BY THE NATURE OF OUR WORK, AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE
EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE NATION MUST REMAIN SHROUDED BY
SECRECY. WE HAVE BECOME, OVER THE FORTY YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE
AS AN AGENCY, THE FINEST GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF ALL.
WE ARE AMERICA'S EYES AND EARS -- ITS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE --
IN THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS MANY AMERICANS TAKE FOR
GRANTED. WE HAVE TO BE A SILENT SERVICE. WE CANNOT SPEAK
FREELY OR DEFEND OURSELVES ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE
ASKED TO D0, EVEN TO FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY. MANY OF
OUR PEOPLE CANNOT ADMIT THEIR AFFILIATION WITH CIA. THE BOOK
OF HONOR PLACED HERE CONTAINS MANY LINES THAT ARE BLANK -- MUTE
TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE OFFICERS HONORED HERE
WILL NEVER BE KNOWN FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH US.
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THE NATION DOES NOT KNOW THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN. OUR
COUNTRYMEN DO NOT KNOW THAT WE ASK OUR PEOPLE TO SERVE IN
GODFORSAKEN AND VIOLENT PLACES, TAKING TERRIBLE RISKS ON
THEMSELVES AND EVEN THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THEM TO WORK LONG
HOURS, SOMETIMES~SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, OFTEN SEPARATED
FROM THE NORMAL LIFE THAT THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS ENJOY. AND,
ON OCCASION, THEY MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE -- GIVING "THE
LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION" FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE AND
THEIR COUNTRY. IT IS THIS SACRIFICE, REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
THAT WE HONOR AND COMMEMORATE TODAY.
THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE INVOLVES RISK. WITHOUT RISK, WE
MUST FAIL. RISK AND DANGER ARE AT THE HEART OF EFFECTIVE
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING. BUT WITHOUT INTELLIGENCE WE WOULD FACE
A WORLD OF UNKNOWN DANGERS, UNSEEN TERRORS, AND HIDDEN
THREATS. DEALING WITH OUR ADVERSARIES AND OTHER CHALLENGES IS
HARD ENOUGH WHEN POLICYMAKERS ARE FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED BY
GOOD INTELLIGENCE -- WITHOUT IT, THEY WOULD BE BLIND AND DEAF
TO THE REALITIES OF A HARSH AND COMPLEX WORLD.
WE IN INTELLIGENCE LIVE IN A TWILIGHT WORLD WHERE FEW
DEFEND US PUBLICLY YET NEARLY ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR OUR
WORK AND THE LEGISLATURE SUSTAINS US GENEROUSLY. MOST OF US
LIVE AND RETIRE CONTENT AND SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE
HAVE HELPED DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND, IN SO DOING, HAVE PROTECTED
AND EXTENDED FREEDOM IN THE WORLD. BUT THOSE WE HONOR TODAY
WERE CUT DOWN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE AND IT IS OUR SOLEMN
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OBLIGATION NOT ONLY TO KEEP THEIR MEMORIES ALIVE, BUT ALSO
THEIR DEEDS ON BEHALF OF FREEDOM.
CEREMONIES THAT HONOR THE DEAD ARE, IN TRUTH, FOR THE
LIVING. THEY REMIND US OF OUR MORTALITY BUT ALSO CELEBRATE THE
LIVES AND MEMORIES OF THOSE WE HAVE LOVED, TRUSTED AND
RESPECTED. CERTAINLY, WE MOURN THEIR LOSS -- BUT WE ALSO GLORY
IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION TO OUR
SERVICE AND TO OUR COUNTRY.
IN SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY IY. WE FIND THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF
COMRADESHIP IN BATTLE, "WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF
BROTHERS; FOR HE TODAY THAT SHEDS HIS BLOOD WITH ME SHALL BE MY
BROTHER." THOSE WE HONOR TODAY HAVE SHED THEIR BLOOD IN BATTLE
AND, BECAUSE THEY WERE OF US, THEY BIND US ONE TO ANOTHER -- WE
BAND OF BROTHERS IN THE SERVICE.
THE MAN WE HAVE CHOSEN TO HONOR SPECIFICALLY TODAY IS
HE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS, MR. CLAIR
GEORGE, WILL NOW TELL YOU ABOUT HIS LIFE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT LED TO HIS STAR ON THE WALL.
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ANNUAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY
27 MAY 1987
REMARKS BY ROBERT M. GATES
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO REMEMBER THE MEMBERS OF OUR
PROFESSION WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF OUR
COUNTRY AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. A STAR ON THE
WALL -- A NAME IN A BOOK, OR FOR SOME, ONLY A BLANK LINE -- IS
PRECIOUS LITTLE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE MAGNITUDE OF THEIR
SACRIFICE.
WE ARE, BY THE NATURE OF OUR WORK, AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE
EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE NATION MUST REMAIN SHROUDED BY
SECRECY. WE HAVE BECOME, OVER THE FORTY YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE
AS AN AGENCY, THE FINEST GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF ALL.
WE ARE AMERICA'S EYES AND EARS -- ITS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE --
IN THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS MANY AMERICANS TAKE FOR
GRANTED. WE HAVE TO BE A SILENT SERVICE. WE CANNOT SPEAK
FREELY OR DEFEND OURSELVES ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE
ASKED TO D0, EVEN TO FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY. MANY OF
OUR PEOPLE CANNOT ADMIT THEIR AFFILIATION WITH CIA. THE BOOK
OF HONOR PLACED HERE CONTAINS MANY LINES THAT ARE BLANK -- MUTE
TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE OFFICERS HONORED HERE
WILL NEVER BE KNOWN FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH US.
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THE NATION DOES NOT KNOW THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN. OUR
COUNTRYMEN DO NOT KNOW THAT WE ASK OUR PEOPLE TO SERVE IN
GODFORSAKEN AND VIOLENT PLACES, TAKING TERRIBLE RISKS ON
THEMSELVES AND EVEN THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THEM TO WORK LONG
HOURS, SOMETIMES SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, OFTEN SEPARATED
FROM THE NORMAL LIFE THAT THE REST OF OUR CITIZENS ENJOY. AND,
ON OCCASION, THEY MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE -- GIVING "THE
LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION" FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE AND
THEIR COUNTRY. IT IS THIS SACRIFICE, REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
THAT WE HONOR AND COMMEMORATE TODAY.
THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE INVOLVES RISK. WITHOUT RISK, WE
MUST FAIL. RISK AND DANGER ARE AT THE HEART OF EFFECTIVE
INTELLIGENCE GATHERING. BUT WITHOUT INTELLIGENCE WE WOULD FACE
A WORLD OF UNKNOWN DANGERS, UNSEEN TERRORS, AND HIDDEN
THREATS. DEALING WITH OUR ADVERSARIES AND OTHER CHALLENGES IS
HARD ENOUGH WHEN POLICYMAKERS ARE FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED BY
GOOD INTELLIGENCE -- WITHOUT IT, THEY WOULD BE BLIND AND DEAF
TO THE REALITIES OF A HARSH AND COMPLEX WORLD.
WE IN INTELLIGENCE LIVE IN A TWILIGHT WORLD WHERE FEW
DEFEND US PUBLICLY YET NEARLY ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR OUR
WORK AND THE LEGISLATURE SUSTAINS US GENEROUSLY. MOST OF US
LIVE AND RETIRE CONTENT AND SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE
HAVE HELPED DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND, IN SO DOING, HAVE PROTECTED
AND EXTENDED FREEDOM IN THE WORLD. BUT THOSE WE HONOR TODAY
WERE CUT DOWN IN THE PRIME OF LIFE AND IT IS OUR SOLEMN
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OBLIGATION NOT ONLY TO KEEP THEIR MEMORIES ALIVE, BUT ALSO
THEIR DEEDS ON BEHALF OF FREEDOM.
CEREMONIES THAT HONOR THE DEAD ARE, IN TRUTH, FOR THE
LIVING. THEY REMIND US OF OUR MORTALITY BUT ALSO CELEBRATE THE
LIVES AND MEMORIES OF THOSE WE HAVE LOVED, TRUSTED AND
RESPECTED. CERTAINLY, WE MOURN THEIR LOSS -- BUT WE ALSO GLORY
IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION TO OUR
SERVICE AND TO OUR COUNTRY.
IN SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY j1, WE FIND THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF
COMRADESHIP IN BATTLE, "WE FEW, WE HAPPY FEW, WE BAND OF
BROTHERS; FOR HE TODAY THAT SHEDS HIS BLOOD WITH ME SHALL BE MY
BROTHER." THOSE WE HONOR TODAY HAVE SHED THEIR BLOOD IN BATTLE
AND, BECAUSE THEY WERE OF US, THEY BIND US ONE TO ANOTHER -- WE
BAND OF BROTHERS IN THE SERVICE.
THE MAN WE HAVE CHOSEN TO HONOR SPECIFICALLY TODAY IS
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS, MR. CLAIR
GEORGE, WILL NOW TELL YOU ABOUT HIS LIFE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT LED TO HIS STAR ON THE WALL.
STAT
STAT
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