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the dignity and opportunity of mankind. In our constant quest for an honorable world peace, there is need
for unity of purpose if we truly are to move toward a brighter tomorrow."

First officer: "lf there be glory in war, it is the almost incredible spirit which it engenders.Those who offered
their lives sacrifice their all with magnificent abandon. Heroism becomes contagious. Yet, too, in warfare,
greed and brutality are epidemic. Too often it is these later which persist in the peace that follows. Let us
strive to see the same spirit of self-sacrifice is cultivated in peace as has been exhibited in war.
'`lt behooves us to rear new standards of success, to inspire youth in peace as youth was inspired in war.
Public honor must be given where public honor is due -not to the manipulator of a market, the seeker
after profit, power or position, but rather, let us honor the heroes of science who alleviate human suffering
and carry to greater heights the standards of civilization.
"Let us honor those who in public service seek not how much they may secure from the nation but how
much they can give. Let us honor those who devote their lives to that education, which will lead our
children on to live and laugh and learn and love, as we have only dreamed of doing. Let us honor those
veterans who carry into ordinary affairs of life a noble idealism and sincere capacity for self-devotion. Let us
translate the devotion of war into a devotion of peace. Let us will to live as well as die for our country."

Woman veteran: "The hurts of war fall alike upon those who wear the same uniform, no matter how they
may differ in race, creed or culture. Those who fight together suffer together to achieve a common aim.
``ln the similarity of battle dress, there is a common denominator: the common purpose, the sharing of

danger and suffering, which brings in time of war a tolerance which adds strength to the cause.
"As we put aside the brown and blue and green fabrics that made us one people on the battlefields, we can
hold in our minds that tolerance we have achieved. In tolerance there is progress -progress toward a better
and a happier world."

Second officer: "Courage is one of the virtues born of war -the courage of individuals in the face of danger
and the courage of nations to protect the weak and punish the aggressor. There is bravery to be shown
in peace as well. May we recapture the courage which turned the wilderness into cities that bound men
together under government.
``We can turn slums into cc)mfortable homes, turn uncertainty into certainty. We can reach new heights of
civilization and opportunity for the men and women of this nation if we have the courage to expect and
work for a better way of life.
'`There can be romance in this challenge also. The bravery that fights for political, social, economic and
spiritual gains may be more difficult to practice -may be unsung when achieved -but it is all the more
worth striving for."
Third officer: "War has taught us the lesson of obedience to command. 'The game is more than the player
. . . And the ship is more than the crew.'
"There is a greater discipline we must now pursue if we are to preserve this virtue of obedience in our quest
for an honorable world peace. That is obedience to the laws we, ourselves, make -the voluntary discipline
of citizenship.
"Under our system of government we may change the laws by majority rule. We may persuade our
neighbors to new theories or new courses. We may advocate in free elections the choice of veterans or
plans. As good citizens we follow the choice of the majority, whether that choice be the individual's or not.
"This is the virtue of discipline which must be ours in peace. This is the lesson we must learn at home, in
school, on the playing fields, in organizations, in the community and the nation. It is the lesson of voluntary
obedience to the decisions of the majority.

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