And with us. they will pledge anew to carry forward to final victory the great offensive promised the enemy on December 8. 1941. in this Capitol Building. by the leaders of our Nation. Mr. President. rarely is it given to one who was born in a foreign state. to one who immigrated to this land. America. in the early and formative years of his life. to one who has labored In the cause of freedom and justice which this country typifles. to know the gripping spirit of such an hour. There. while the band played the historic marine hymnthere. while Lieutenant McClanahan raised that tattered flagthere. while the members of the corps. alert. cleareyed. and stalwart American men in the very flower of their lives. marched abreast in even ranksthere.
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