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OCR Page 1 of 4(Gavin) JK
September 27, 1969
Suggested Remarks: Presidential Unit Citation
to the First Marine Regiment
As one who served in the South Pacific during the Second World
War, I am no stranger to the great reputation of the First Marines.
And since such high praise comes from an old Navy man, you know it
must be true.
Although I am loyal to the Navy, as all good ex-Navy men are,
I have always admired the Marines. In fact, you might say some of
my best friends have served with the Marines. Secretary Finch, for
one. He is now doing a very important, but V ery demanding and diffi-
cult and tough job and I must say that I think Marine Corps boot
camp training was excellent preparation for the problems he faces
now.
In doing some research about the First Marines and about Colonel
Stanley Hughes, I was struck by the fact that names such as "Guadalcanal, "
"Okinawa, 11 "New Guinea" were often completely unknown to most Amer- -
icans until the great feats of courage performed by the First Marines
and other great units made them known to everyone. In fact, in the
case of Guadalcanal, it was with utmost difficulty that any information
could be found prior to the invasion, even among residents of the South
Pacific area, about the topography of the place.
Colonel Hughes, to present another example, won his first Navy
Cross at a place called Cape Glouster, New Britain, another place-name
unknown to practically all the world before its capture by the Marines.
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