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OCR Page 1 of 1203rd Draft: AF Academy
Safire - 5/28/69
Gentlemen:
This is a moment of quiet pride. Each one of you is properly
proud to become a commissioned officer in the armed forces of the
United States. Your parents, your fellow servicemen and your nation
share this moment of pride.
After years of study, of training, of dedicated hard work, you
have earned the right to be saluted. As your Commander-in-Chief, and
as the representative of the 200 million Americans you will be serving --
I salute you.
In days gone by, commencement speakers would tell graduating
classes what to do when they left the sheltered life of the campus to
make their way in the cold, cruel world outside.
This week, many young men and women are leaving the "cold,
cruel campus" for what may be a more sheltered life outside. But the
members of the graduating class of the Air Force Academy are beginning
their careers at a time when national defense is becoming a subject of
great controversy.
You are becoming military officers at a particularly trying
moment in American military life.
On a fighting front, you are asked to be ready to make un-
limited sacrifice in a limited war.
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