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FACT-CHECK-COPY
[Lange/Blymire]
February 25, 1991
6:12 P.M.
[THURMAN.DOC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
RETIREMENT FOR GENERAL THURMAN
CEREMONIAL HALL, FORT MYER
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1991
4:40 P.M.
Thank you, Dick [Cheney]. What an outstanding job this
Secretary of Defense is doing. 11
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Carl Vuono --
[more acknowledgements to come].
To all of you here today, thank you. Through your devotion
to our common defense, you show the same spirit and commitment
we're now seeing shine SO brilliantly, in every single man and
woman now serving in the Persian Gulf. III
[ Gulf update possible? ]
They say you can't keep a good man down -- and the man we
honor this afternoon has lived a life that proves it.
Distinguished field artillery officer; two tours in Vietnam;
four stars; Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Command -- a
general who was as generous as he was just. General Maxwell R.
Thurman. III
General Thurman devoted his career to helping all around him
reach their highest potential. His life and work K are is a testament
to the power of the individual. And his brilliant role in the
liberation of Panama was a fitting grace note to a great career.
By assuring the freedom of the Panamanian people, General
Thurman has played a crucial role in the revival of democracy in
this hemisphere.
At home and abroad, America has been fortunate to have
Maxwell Thurman in uniform. He has been the man who never
shirked responsibility. I've been told, for instance, that
General Thurman was standing outside the Papal Nuncio, when
somebody asked who was responsible for the loud music.
He immediately said, "I am the music man. CINC Music. " III
From one Commander in Chief to another -- well done. III
But if you can't keep a good man down, it's also true that
it's hard to see a good man go. Especially in time of war.
General Thurman, your retirement from service -- as well-earned
as it is -- leaves a great void.
We will miss your strong and steady guidance. But we will
not be without you -- and we will never forget you.
A generation of servicemen and women -- some of whom will
rise to match your rank -- now go forward with your leadership in
their minds, and your example in their hearts.
Your devotion to service has brought honor to your nation.
And your commitment to America has inspired admiration in us all.
Thank you, sir.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 25, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
CHRISTINA MARTIN
MARK LANGE
FROM:
CAROL BLYMIRE
UB
SUBJECT:
RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR GENERAL THURMAN
This afternoon, I went on the walk-through for the
retirement ceremony for General Maxwell R. Thurman. This event
is scheduled to take place in Ceremonial Hall at Fort Myer. The
President's address should be no longer than five minutes, and
will commence at 4:40 p.m.
The President is one of four speakers. The first speaker is
the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Carl Vuono, followed
by Secretary Cheney, followed by the President, followed by
General Thurman.
Secretary Cheney will introduce the President, and all
speakers have been asked to keep their remarks below five
minutes. The best contact for this event is Mr. Tom Groppel of
MDW Protocol or Colonel Coulson of the same. Their numbers are
as follows: 301-509-4727 (cell) or 202-475-1444. Craig Ray in
the Advance office will have final acknowledgements tomorrow.
FEB 25 '91 15:36
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SUBJECT General Thurman's Script
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FEB 25 '91 15:37
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MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO GENERAL M. R. THURMAN
as of 251000feb91
COLORS POSTED IN THE FORMATION
TROOPS BROUGHT TO CEREMONIAL
AT EASE. COT FACES ABOUT
UNDERSCORE OF "CAISSONS GO
ROLLING/NC STATE FIGHT SONG
IN 1949 MAXWELL REID THURMAN ENTERED THE
RANKS OF THE RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING
CORPS TO THE STRAINS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA STATE FIGHT SONG, THE MELODY OF
WHICH SOUNDS STRIKINGLY LIKE THE ARMY
SONG OF TODAY. LITTLE DID HE REALIZE
MORE THAN 4 DECADES AGO THE CENTRAL ROLE
THAT SONG WOULD PLAY IN HIS LIFE.
UPON GRADUATION AND COMMISSIONING IN
1953, SECOND LIEUTENANT THURMAN REPORTED
TO FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA FOR THE FIRST OF
MANY ASSIGNMENTS AS A DISTINGUISHED
FIELD ARTILLERY OFFICER.
THROUGHOUT THOSE FORMATIVE MONTHS,
LIEUTENANT THURMAN WAS SURROUNDED BY THE
INSPIRATIONAL NOTES OF "THE CAISSONS GO
ROLLING ALONG, THE SONG OF THE FIELD
ARTILLERY AND SOON TO BE ADOPTED AS THE
ARMY SONG.
START "DOWN FROM HEAVEN ABOVE"
LIEUTENANT THURMAN'S FIRST ASSIGNMENT WA
TO FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, WHERE HE
FEB 25 '91 15:37
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JOINED THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION FIELD
ARTILLERY. THROUGH SUCCESSIVE JOBS AT
FORT CAMPBELL AND IN EUROPE WITH THE 11TH
AIRBORNE, LIEUTENANT THURMAN SHOWED THE
INITIATIVE, DRIVE, AND LOVE OF SOLDIERING
THAT WOULD CHARACTERIZE HIS ENTIRE ARMY
CAREER.
UNDERSCORE OF "ARMY BLUE"
AFTER MORE SCHOOLING, NOW CAPTAIN THURMAN
DEPARTED FOR HIS FIRST OF TWO TOURS IN
VIET NAM LEADING GALLANT AMERICAN
SOLDIERS IN COMBAT. ON HIS RETURN TO
THE STATES, SOON TO BE MAJOR THURMAN
REPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
ACADEMY AT WEST POINT TO SERVE
AS A COMPANY TACTICAL OFFICER. THERE
MAJOR THURMAN HAD HIS FIRST REAL
TASTE OF THE SATISFACTION THAT COMES
FROM CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS - A
COMMITMENT THAT WOULD SHAPE HIS ENTIRE
LIFE.
UNDERSCORE OF "AMERICAN SOLDIER"
COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE AND
ANOTHER COMBAT TOUR IN VIET NAM THEN LED
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TO A SUCCESSION OF INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS WHERE LIEUTENANT
COLONEL THURMAN SHOWED BRILLIANCE AND
DARING IN SOLVING INCREDIBLE PROBLEMS.
A NEWLY PROMOTED FULL COLONEL, HE
RETURNED TO THE AIRBORNE AND TOOK COMMAND
OF THE TROOPERS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE
DIVISION ARTILLERY.
TWO YEARS OF SUPERBLY SUCCESSFUL COMMAND,
PAVED THE WAY FOR MAXWELL THURMAN'S
FIRST STAR. GENERAL THURMAN QUICKLY
CLIMBED THROUGH THE GENERAL OFFICER
RANKS EARNING THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION
OF ALL WITH WHOM HE WORKED, AND AFTER
EARNING HIS FOURTH STAR, HE WAS APPOINTED
THE VICE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY AND
THEN, COMMANDER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY
TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND.
UNDERSCORE OF "WE WERE THERE"
AS GENERAL THURMAN ENTERED HIS 36TH YEAR
OF SERVICE TO THE ARMY HE BEGAN TO PLAN
HIS WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT. BUT, ONCE
AGAIN, WHEN HE WAS NEEDED, HE WAS THERE.
APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
OF UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND,
GENERAL THURMAN APPLIED THE PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS so
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MASTERFULLY HONED DURING HIS 37 YEAR
CAREER. OPERATION JUST CAUSE
- THE LIBERATION OF PANAMA - WAS A
CLASSIC OF IMAGINATIVE PLANNING AND
DARING EXECUTION AND SECURED THE FREEDOM
OF A PEOPLE CHAFING UNDER THE LEASH OF A
RUTHLESS DICTATOR
NO MUSIC
FROM HIS EARLY DAYS IN HIGH POINT, NORTH
CAROLINA AND THROUGHOUT HIS CLIMB THROUGH
THE RANKS, GENERAL MAX THURMAN
PERSONIFIED ONE OVERARCHING
MESSAGE - A MESSAGE HE IMPARTED TO THE
THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS WHO JOINED OUR
RANKS DURING HIS TIME AT RECRUITING
COMMAND, SOLDIERS WHO DEVELOPED
WHILE HE SERVED AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF
STAFF FOR PERSONNEL, SOLDIERS WHO WERE
TRAINED DURING HIS COMMAND OF TRADOC, AND
FINALLY SOLDIERS WHOM HE LED INTO BATTLE
IN OPERATION JUST CAUSE. GENERAL
MAX THURMAN SHOWED us HOW TO REALIZE THE
BEST IN OURSELVES. HE SHOWED US ALL
HOW "TO BE ALL THAT WE CAN BE. "
BE ALL YOU CAN BE (FULL CHORUS
STRAIN)
Acknonledgements:
Sec. Cheney
Gen. Vuono
Gen. Thurman
audience- 300-500
enlisted & officers
family & closefriends of Thurman
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IT IS BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE
WHAT MAX THURMAN HAS MEANT TO THE ARMY. BUT IF I HAD TO
CHOOSE A SINGLE WORD - AND THE HIGHEST ACCOLADE I COULD
RENDER - I WOULD SAY THAT, ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, MAX IS A
PROFESSIONAL. THAT IS NOT A WORD THAT SHOULD BE USED
LIGHTLY, FOR IT EMBODIES THE QUALITIES OF COMPETENCE,
RESPONSIBILITY, AND COMMITMENT THAT ARE THE VERY SOUL OF
THE PROFESSION OF ARMS.
MAX'S COMPETENCE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY HONED OVER NEARLY
40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE IS A FIELD
ARTILLERYMAN OF LONG STANDING - WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR HIS
DISTINGUISHED NATURE - AND HE HAS COMMANDED GALLANT
AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN THE CRUCIBLE OF COMBAT. AFTER
DEVELOPING HIS EXPERTISE FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, MAX
THURMAN ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE TRAINING AND DOCTRINE
COMMAND AND SET ABOUT THE TASK OF PREPARING HIS ARMY
FOR WAR. THE LEGACY OF HIS EFFORTS AND THE ULTIMATE
MEASURE OF HIS COMPETENCE ARE NOW REFLECTED IN THE
EMERGING TRIUMPH OF DESERT STORM.
THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS OF SERVICE, HIS INEXHAUSTIBLE ARSENAL
OF INFORMATION, COUPLED WITH HIS POLISHED ABILITIES TO
EXPRESS COMPLEX IDEAS IN SIMPLE TERMS, HAVE MADE HIM AN
INVALUABLE ASSET OF IN CONVEYING THE ARMY'S MESSAGE TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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1.2
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT, IN THE WORDS OF THE COMMERCIAL,
"WHEN MAX THURMAN TALKS, PEOPLE LISTEN. "
BEYOND HIS UNQUESTIONED COMPETENCE, MAX IS ALSO
RESPONSIBLE - RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ARMY AND RESPONSIBLE
FOR EVERY SOLDIER, EVERY CIVILIAN, AND EVERY FAMILY MEMBER
WHO HAS EVER SERVED UNDER HIS COMMAND. FROM HIS EARLIEST
DAYS IN THE FIELD ARTILLERY IN GERMANY TO THE HISTORIC
LIBERATION OF PANAMA, HE HAS MADE AN INDELIBLE MARK ON
THE SOLDIERS AND LEADERS OF AMERICA'S ARMY. AS THE
COMMANDER OF THE U.S. ARMY'S RECRUITING COMMAND, AS THE
CHIEF OF ARMY PERSONNEL, AND FINALLY AS THE VICE CHIEF OF
STAFF OF THE ARMY, MAX WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
UNPRECEDENTED STANDARDS OF OUR QUALITY ARMY TODAY - AN
ARMY OF SOLDIERS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND AMBITION WHO HAVE
BEEN GIVEN A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO "BE ALL THAT THEY CAN
BE" IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY.
FINALLY, MAX IS COMMITTED TO THE ARMY AND TO THE NATION.
THROUGHOUT A CAREER THAT BEGAN IN THE GATHERING SHADOWS
OF THE COLD WAR, MAX THURMAN HAS SELFLESSLY SACRIFICED
HIS PERSONAL LIFE TO SERVE A HIGHER CALLING - THE DEFENSE
OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ADVANCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE. NO NATION, AND NO
PROFESSION COULD ASK FOR MORE.
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IN EVERY TASK, IN EVERY UNDERTAKING, IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT,
MAX HAS BROUGHT TO BEAR THAT SAME COMPETENCE,
RESPONSIBILITY, AND COMMITMENT - THAT SAME
PROFESSIONALISM. AND AT NO TIME IN HIS CAREER WERE THOSE
QUALITIES MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN DECEMBER OF 1989 WHEN
THE PRESIDENT CALLED UPON THE ARMED FORCES OF THIS NATION
TO RESOLVE THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS IN PANAMA.
AS THE ARCHITECT OF OPERATION JUST CAUSE, MAX THURMAN
CONDUCTED A BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN - PROTECTING OUR NATION'S
VITAL INTERESTS, BRINGING A WANTED MAN TO JUSTICE, AND
RESTORING DEMOCRACY TO THE PANAMANIAN PEOPLE ALL WITH
SKILL AND GENERALSHIP THAT WILL BE STUDIED FOR YEARS TO
COME. LONG AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS CEREMONY TODAY, IT WILL
BE REMEMBERED THAT WHEN MAX TOOK COMMAND, PANAMA WAS
LOCKED IN THE YOKE OF A BRUTAL DICTATORSHIP. AND WHEN HE
LEFT COMMAND, THAT SAME NATION WAS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE
BOUNDLESS PROMISE OF FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY. THAT WILL
BE ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING MONUMENTS TO THIS GREAT
AMERICAN.
FEB-25-91 MON 17:34 OFC CHIEF OF STAFF ARMY
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IN EVERY TASK, IN EVERY UNDERTAKING, IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT,
MAX HAS BROUGHT TO BEAR THAT SAME COMPETENCE,
RESPONSIBILITY, AND COMMITMENT - THAT SAME
PROFESSIONALISM. AND AT NO TIME IN HIS CAREER WERE THOSE
QUALITIES MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN DECEMBER OF 1989 WHEN
THE PRESIDENT CALLED UPON THE ARMED FORCES OF THIS NATION
TO RESOLVE THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS IN PANAMA.
AS THE ARCHITECT OF OPERATION JUST CAUSE, MAX THURMAN
CONDUCTED A BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN - PROTECTING OUR NATION'S
VITAL INTERESTS, BRINGING A WANTED MAN TO JUSTICE, AND
RESTORING DEMOCRACY TO THE PANAMANIAN PEOPLE- ALL WITH
SKILL AND GENERALSHIP THAT WILL BE STUDIED FOR YEARS TO
COME. LONG AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS CEREMONY TODAY, IT WILL
BE REMEMBERED THAT WHEN MAX TOOK COMMAND, PANAMA WAS
LOCKED IN THE YOKE OF A BRUTAL DICTATORSHIP. AND WHEN HE
LEFT COMMAND, THAT SAME NATION WAS LOOKING AHEAD TO THE
BOUNDLESS PROMISE OF FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY. THAT WILL
BE ONE OF THE MOST ENDURING MONUMENTS TO THIS GREAT
AMERICAN.
TODAY, THE NATION BIDS FAREWELL TO A SOLDIER WHO HAS
SERVED FAITHFULLY AND WITH HONOR. AND TODAY, I SAY
GOODBYE TO A MAN WHO HAS BEEN A MENTOR, A COLLEAGUE,
AND A FRIEND.
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FEB-25-91 MON 17:35 OFC CHIEF OF STAFF ARMY
P.02
MAX, AS YOU NOW LOOK AHEAD TO NEW CHALLENGES ON DISTANT
HORIZONS, YOU CARRY WITH YOU THE ADMIRATION,
APPRECIATION, AND AFFECTION OF THE ARMY YOU HAVE HELPED
CREATE. AND YOUR LEGACY WILL AFFECT- AND PROTECT-
AMERICA'S SOLDIERS, AND AMERICA'S CHILDREN, FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. GOD BLESS YOU, AND GODSPEED.
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DATE & TIME 25/1600
TO (CMD, CODE, OFC whit House
*** TELECOPIER/FAX NO. (202) 456 / 6218
*** ATTENTION*** Carol Blummer
ADDRESSEE'S TELEPHONE 2021 456 / 7750
SUBJECT Script for The old Heard
FROM DIRECTORATE OF CEREMONIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS, BLDG 32, FORT MCMAIR,
TELECOPIER/FAX COMMERCIAL (202)475-2695, AUTOVON 335-2695
*** NAME OF SENDER mcSpaddeN
*** SENDER'S TELEPHONE 2021, 475 1444
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIPT OF COMPLETE, READABLE COPY TO SENDER'S TELEPHONE
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FEB 25 '91 15:54
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARI._ RETIREMENT REVIEW
INDOOR
TUSAB DIRECTOR
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO
FACES BAND
HISTORIC FORT MYCR. BEFORE TODAY'S REVIEW
BEGINS, THE UNITED STATES ARMY BAND,
PERSHING'S OWN. PRESENTS A PRE-REVIEW CONCERT
FEATURING:
HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
THE GRIDIRON CLUB MARCH
AND THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
PAUSE AFTER
ONCE AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME.
LAST FACING
TODAY THE UNITED STATES ARMY MILITARY
MOVEMENT
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, REPRESENTED BY THE
306DIERS OF THE THIRD UNITED STATES INFANTRY.
(THE OLD GUARD), AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY
SAND, (PERSHING'S OWN), PAYS A SPECIAL TRIBS'
TO SEVERAL SOLDIERS UPON THEIR RETIREMENT RHC
THE SERVICE.
THE RETIREMENT CEREMONY IS AN OLD AND TIME
HONORED CUSTOM IN THE ARMY. IN DAYS GONE BY,
WITH A SOLDIER RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE, !!!
ENTIRE REGIMENT TURNED OUT TO HONOR HIM WITH
PAREWELL REVIEW. HERE IN OUR NATION'S CARE™
THIS CUSTOM IS CONTINUED.
FEB 25 '91 15:54
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PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S REVIEW, FROM LEFT TO
RIGHT, IS THE UNITED STATES ARMY BAND,
(PERSHING'S OWN), UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
CAPTAIN THOMAS H. PALMATEER, AND LED BY DRUM
MAJOR JAMES MCGARRITY
ELEMENTS OF THE OLD GUARD INCLUDE COMPANY B
THE FIRST SERGEANT FOR COMPANY B
IS CHARLES L. THOMAS
COMPANY B IS LED BY
CAPTAIN DOUGLAS G. JETT.
FOLLOWING IS COMPANY C
THE FIRST SERGEANT FOR COMPANY C
IS DONALD H. VANCE
COMPANY C IS LED BY
CAPTAIN THOMAS P. GUIZDOWSKY.
NEXT ON LINE IS COMPANY E, HONOR GUARD
THE FIRST SERGEANT FOR HONOR GUARD IS HENRY
MASSIE JUNIOR. HONOR GUARD IS COMMANDED BY
CAPTAIN TIMOTHY J. MICHAELS.
FEB 25 '91 15:54
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FOLLOWING IS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S GUARD,
PATTERNED AFTER THE UNIT CREATED BY GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1776 TO BE HIS PERSONAL
GUARD. THE FIRST SERGEANT FOR THE COMMANDER-
IN-CHIEF'S GUARD IS JOHN E. SCOTT.
WASHINGTON'S LIFE GUARD IS COMMANDED BY
CAPTAIN EARL B. WARDELL.
THE LAST ELEMENT ON LINE, DRESSED IN THE
CONTINENTAL MUSICIANS UNIFORM IS THE OLD GUARD
FIFE AND DRUM CORPS. DURING THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON ORDERED
THAT HIS MUSICIANS WEAR RED COATS INSTEAD OF
THE INFANTRY BLUE, SO THEY MIGHT BE MORE
EASILY RECOGNIZED THROUGHT THE SMOKE OF
BATTLE. THE CORPS IS LED TODAY BY DRUM MAJOR
STEVEN PHIPPS.
MUSIC STOPS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MOVING INTO POSITION IN
COT STEPS OFF
FRONT OF HIS STAFF IS THE COMMANDER OF TROOPS
FOR TODAY'S CEREMONY, COLONEL BARRIE E. ZAIS,
COMMANDER, THIRD UNITED STATES INFANTRY, THE
OLD GUARD.
FEB 25 '91 15:55
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SINCE THE DAYS OF TH. AMERICAN REVOLUTION, P.
:
COT ABOUT PACE
COLORS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS OF A MILITARY UNIT. THEREFORE,
TAKING THE CENTER OF OUR FORMATION IN JUST !
MOMENT, AND BEARING THE NATIONAL COLOR, 1:
THIS NATION'S FOREMOST COLOR TEAM, THE 3RD
INFANTRY'S CONTINENTAL COLOR GUARD. LADERS
AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE AS THE COLORS ARM
ADVANCED.
COLORS ON LINE
PLEASE BE SEATED//
FEB 25 '91 15:55
COLORS DRESS
THE HISTORY OF THE 3RD UNITED STATES
CENTER DRESS
INFANTRY REFLECTS THE CROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
OF OUR NATION. FIFTY WELL EARNED
BATTLESTRRAMERS, A VALOROUS UNIT AWARD, 1
MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION AND A SUPERIOR
UNIT AWARD ATTEST TO THE OLD GUARD'S RECORD ()1
BRAVERY IN ACTION AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING
PEACETIME. IN 1922, THE WAR DEPARTMENT GRANTE:
PERMISSION TO THE OLD GUARD TO PASS IN REVIEW
WITH BAYONETS FIXED. THE OLD GUARD WILL NOW
FIX BAYONETS TO THE TRADITIONAL BEAT OF THE
DRUM.
FIX BAYONETS
LADIES AND CENTLEMEN, TAKING THE REVIEWING
COMPLETE/ COT
STAND IS THE REVIEWING OFFICER FOR
PACES STAND
TODAYS CEREMONY COLONEL MARLIN L. LEWIS,
SENIOR DENTAL CORPS STAFF OFFICER, OFFICE OF
THE ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL FOR DENTAL
SERVICES, AND THE HOST FOR TODAYS CEREMONY,
MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM F. STREETER, COMMANDERS
GENERAL UNITED STATES ARMY MILITARY DISTRICT
OF WASHINGTON, AND THE CO-HOST, COMMAND
SERGEANT MAJOR EDWIN W. JOHNSON, COMMAND
SERGEANT MAJOR, UNITED STATES ARMY MILITARY
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON.
FEB 25 '91 15:55
P.7/8
SOUND OFF/THREE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN/ PLEASE RISE FOR
CHEERS COMPLETE
RETREAT AND TO THE COLOR//
TO THE COLOR
PLEASE BE SEATED//
COMPLETE
INSPECTION
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN/ PLEASE RISE/ AS THE
COMPLETE/ COT
COLORS ARE ADVANCED/ AND REMAIN STANDING
MOVES TO PICK
FOR THE PLAYING OF THE UNITED STATES
UP COLORS
NATIONAL ANTHEM//
ANTHEM COMPLETE
PLEASE BE SEATED//
STAFF CEREMONIAL
ATTENTION TO ORDERS/ HEADQUARTERS/
AT EASE
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SPECIAL ORDERS//
BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF/ UNITED STATES
ARMY/ GENERAL CARL E. VONO/ THE FOLLOWING
SOLDIERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ARE
RETIRED//
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ask for Col. Dick Gibson
Call Cheney's writer and Chief of Staff of the Army
General Carl Vuono
Remarks= 4:40pm (no morethan 5 minutes)
Call Craig Ray for final acknowledgements
Jom Groppel 475-13991 (or 1444)
or Col. Coulson
Secretary Cheney will introduce POTUS
Any Reace heroes from Gulf war from Ft.Myer ?
Get H. Myer history - Reshing's Swn"
Band nicknames?
Significance of crests symbols in Cremonial Hall
History of troopreview, old Guard, etc.
copy of script that is being read during cere.
MDW Protocol 202- 475-1438
837-2054 coulson Gr
Lt Col. coulson
328-6516
as of 25 FEB 91
SPECIAL GENERAL OFFICER RETIREMENT SEQUENCE
DATE:
26 FEBRUARY 1991
TIME:
1600 HOURS
PLACE:
CEREMONIAL HALL, FORT MYER
HOST:
CHIEF OF STAFF, ARMY
REVIEWING OFFICER: GENERAL MAXWELL R. THURMAN
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
1. PRE-CEREMONY CONCERT
2. MARCH ON
3. HONORS-4 RUFFLES & FLOURISHES, "ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE
PRESIDENT", "HAIL TO THE CHIEF"
4. HONORS-4 RUFFLES & FLOURISHES, "GENERAL'S MARCH" (17 GUNS)
5. SOUND OFF
6. RETREAT, "TO THE COLOR" (SALUTE)
7. COLORS ADVANCED
8. HONORS TO THE NATION, "THE STAR BANGLED BANNER" (SALUTE)
9. AWARD PRESENTATION
10. RETIREMENT CERTIFICATE PRESENTED
11. COLORS POSTED
WIND
12. SPECIAL TRIBUTE (5min., overview of 40 yrs. ofservice)
13. REMARKS
1.) CSA
2) SEC DEF
3) PRESIDENT BUSH
14. RESPONSE - GEN THURMAN
15. MARCH IN REVIEW
16. CONCLUSION OF CEREMONY
Crest w/ HAEC PROTEGIOMUS (get trans(ation)
Ceremonial Hol, Fort Myer
February 25, 1991
peggy#.
"Pershing's Own"
5-7 minutes (closerto5)
Army Protocol
Col Dick Gibson
703-695-0692(304) 0692(3014)
event: Call Cheney's spehunts also Chief of St. of Amy Bills
Gen. Carl
Tomorrow (26th) afternoon
or Vuovo
arr. 3:55 pm for whole event
time of speech - 4:40
dep. 500 pm
will arrand have already been presented?
100 4A and above
all-Ariny services joint not
Jom
02/444
Croppee
participate
Call Thurman's funal Craig
for
fol Coulison
tribute to Gen-Thurman
-ask about lit crests on wall in Cere. Hall
esymbols
significance, meaning relevance-
any Ft. Myer personnel in Gulf
any heroes from H.Myer?
swho will intro duce POTUS?
Sec. Cheney
To Carol
Date 2-26
Time 8:40
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
M Cheerie Jakubek
of Gen. Buono's office
Phone (703) 697-8565
Area Code
Number
Extension
TELEPHONED
PLEASE CALL
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WILL CALL AGAIN
WANTS TO SEE YOU
URGENT
RETURNED YOUR CALL
Message
needs copy of speech on Gen. Thusmond
fax (703) 614-0204
John G.
Operater
AMPAD
EFFICIENCY®
23-023 CARBONLESS
Call Craig x 7565
Any Cabinet members ?-no
Congressmen?-yes
Lt. Smith 475-1427
Coulson's Protocol
y
Kiz Bearrie *
703-697-0692
Army Pro.
Col Gibson
471 MENT
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Remarks by Secretary Cheney
General Maxwell Thurman Retirement
26 February 1991
Mr. President.
General Vuono.
General Thurman.
Honored Guests.
Max Thurman tried to retire once before. Now I suppose he
thinks that this time, we really are going to let him go.
Most everyone here has known for years what I learned
first hand during our Panama operation -- Max Thurman is a
man of extraordinary insight, vision, and personal courage.
What's more, those qualities have come together in a general
officer who has carried enormous responsibilities in our
military.
He has had an impact on the U.S. Army that will be
measured in decades, not years.
Some people have an impact by changing the way we do
things. General Thurman has done that, of course. But more
than that, he has changed the way we think.
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There was a time when some people felt- the idea of a
volunteer military was implausible and unworkable. One of my
former colleagues on the Hill got so wound-up one day
criticizing the notion of a volunteer force that he said, "The
only way we'll ever get a volunteer army is to draft "em."
Well, not quite.
It was Max Thurman who designed, built, recruited and
sustained the all-volunteer Army. He did it with the foresight
to understand what kind of force was needed, and with a knack
for advertising that even Madison Avenue had a hard time
keeping up with.
He gave the new volunteer army standards that I think we
can safely say are without parallel. The fact that our armed
forces today are the finest in the world se perhaps the finest in
our history -- is because it is really a reflection of Max
Thurman's own character.
And for those who kept telling us that a volunteer force
couldn't do the job, I suggest they consult the Iraqi high
command for a fresh and different perspective.
General Thurman's ability to command organizations in
peace and war were never more valuable than in his assignment
at Southern Command. Within weeks of his taking over, he
had a comprehensive plan prepared for the President that was
the basis for our actions in Just Cause.
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Max proved that he not only knows how to recruit, train and
inspire troops, but that he also knew how to use them.
When he came to the Southern Command he did not hit the
ground running. He was moving at warp speed. He not only
executed Just Cause, but he is the man most responsible for
setting out the military's role in our Andean Drug strategy.
No unified commander has ever had so great an impact, in
so short a time, as Max Thurman had on SOUTHCOM.
It is really not enough to say that we will miss his
leadership at the highest levels of our military.
Nor is it really enough to say that our nation will miss his
day-to-day participation in setting the course for the Army in
the years ahead.
More than anything the men and women he has commanded,
and their families whom he always supported, will miss him
most of all.
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02/25/91
GENERAL MAXWELL THURMAN RETIREMENT CEREMONY
VIP GUESTS ONLY (4-STAR GENERALS AND EQUIVALENT)
ARMY PROTOCOL
POC: SSG Williams (X70692)
RANK
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
SPOUSE
AMT CATEGORY
The
President
1 WHITE
HOUSE
Honorable
Addington
David
1 OSD
Mr.
Ambrose
James
1 PERSONAL
HON
Atwood
Donald
1 OSD
Honorable
Bateman
Herbert
and Mrs.
1 CONGRESS
GEN
Burba
Edwin
1 PERSONAL
Honorable
Cheney
Dick
1 OSD
Honorable
Chu
David S.C.
1 OSD
Mr.
Cooke
David
1 OSD
Honorable
Crawford
Susan
& Mr. Higgins
2 OSD
ADM
Crowe
William
and Mrs.
2 PERSONAL
GEN
Davison
Michael
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
GEN
DePuy
William
1 RET-4
Honorable
Dickinson
William
1 CONGRESS
Honorable
Dicks
Norman
2 CONGRESS
Ms.
Dorn
Nancy
1 OSD
Honorable
Duncan
Stephen
1 OSD
COL
Echeversia
1 PERSONAL
Mrs.
Elton
Marilyn
1 PERSONAL
GEN
Foss
John
1 GO
Honorable
Froehlke
J. (Former SA)
and Mrs.
2 PERSONAL
SMA
Gates
Julius
and Mrs.
2 ARSTAF
HON
Gekas
George
& Guest
2 CONGRESS
GEN
Gray
Alfred
1 JCS
Mr.
Hamilton
Milton
and Mrs.
2 SECRETAR
IAT
ADM
Jeremiah
David
and Mrs.
2 JCS
GEN
Joulwan
George
and Mrs.
2 U/S CMDS
GEN
Keith
Donald
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
ADM
Kelso
Frank
1 JCS
GEN
Kerwin
Walter
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
GEN
Kroesen
Frederick
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
Honorable
LaBerge
Walter
and Mrs.
2 PERSONAL
Honorable
Levitsky
Melvyn
1 PERSONAL
Honorable
Livingstone
Susan
1 SECRETAR
IAT
Honorable
Locher
James
1 OSD
GEN
Loh
John
and Mrs.
2 JCS
Honorable
Marsh
John
and Mrs.
2 PERSONAL
Honorable
Martin
David
1 CONGRESS
GEN
McPeak
Merrill
and Mrs.
2 JCS
Honorable
Mendez
Enrique
1 OSD
GEN
Merritt
Jack
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
Mrs.
Meyer
Edward
1 RET-4
Honorable
Miller
David
1 WHITE
HOUSE
Honorable
Montgomery
"Sonny"
& Mr. Flemming
2 CONGRESS
FEB-26-91 TUE 10:47
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2
02/25/91
GENERAL MAXWELL THURMAN RETIREMENT CEREMONY
VIP GUESTS ONLY (4-STAR GENERALS AND EQUIVALENT)
ARMY PROTOCOL
POC: SSG Williams (X70692)
RANK
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
SPOUSE
AMT CATEGORY
Honorable
Murtha
John
1 CONGRESS
GEN
O'Meara
Andrew
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
LTG
Parker
Ellis
and Mrs.
2 ARSTAF
GEN
Powell
Colin
and Mrs.
2 JCS
Mr.
Pryce
William
1 WHITE
HOUSE
Honorable
Rice
Donald
1 OSD
GEN
Richardson
William
1 RET-4
GEN
Robinson
Roscoe
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
GEN
Rogers
Bernard
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
Honorable
Rowen
Henry
1 OSD
GEN
Saint
Crosbie
1 GO
Honorable
Selin
Ivan
& Guest
2 PERSONAL
Honorable
Shannon
John
1 SECRETAR
IAT
Honorable
Skelton
Ike
1 CONGRESS
GEN
Spivy
Benton
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
Honorable
Spratt
John
1 CONGRESS
GEN
Stilwell
Richard
1 RET-4
GEN
Stiner
Carl
1 U/S CMDS
Honorable
Stone
Michael P.W.
1 SECRETAR
IAT
GEN
Sullivan
Gordon
and Mrs.
2 ARSTAF
LTG
Thurman
John
1 PERSONAL
Honorable
Thurmond
Strom
and Mrs.
2 CONGRESS
LTG
Trefry
Richard
and Mrs.
2 PERSONAL
GEN
Tuttle
William
and Mrs.
2 GO
GEN
Vuono
Carl
and Mrs.
2 ARSTAF
GEN
Wagner
Louis
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
Honorable
Warner
John
& Guest
2 CONGRESS
GEN
Wickham
John
and Mrs.
2 RET-4
Honorable
Wincup
G. Kim
1 SECRETAR
IAT
Honorable
Wolfowitz
Paul
1 OSD
Honorable Yockey
Donald
and Mrs.
2 OSD
*** Total ***
110