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re: Another Aggie In Iconic Corregidor Photo Identified
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:12 pm to Quidam65
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:12 pm to Quidam65
Sons of Texas A&M
On Corregidor – 21 April 1946
"In this hallowed soil lie the mortal remains of many men who have died that liberty might live. Among the bravest of these brave are twenty officers, sons of Texas A&M, unable themselves to answer this year’s annual muster. It is for us, therefore, to do so for them — to answer for them in clear and firm voice — Dead on the battleswept Corregidor where their eternal spirit will never die but will march on forever, inspiring in those who follow the courage and the will to preserve well that for which they bled."
"Of them and those of their fellow alumni who lie in hallowed soil of other lands and those who survive them, may it truly be said that in the noble teachings of their Alma Mater — in the tradition of the great American leader, Sam Houston, who this day, one hundred and ten years ago, wrested Texas from foreign dominion by defeating Santa Ana on the historic battlefield of San Jacinto – they stood steadfast, unyielding and unafraid through those dark days of our country’s gravest peril – and by inspiring example helped point the way."
Signed,
Douglas MacArthur
On Corregidor – 21 April 1946
"In this hallowed soil lie the mortal remains of many men who have died that liberty might live. Among the bravest of these brave are twenty officers, sons of Texas A&M, unable themselves to answer this year’s annual muster. It is for us, therefore, to do so for them — to answer for them in clear and firm voice — Dead on the battleswept Corregidor where their eternal spirit will never die but will march on forever, inspiring in those who follow the courage and the will to preserve well that for which they bled."
"Of them and those of their fellow alumni who lie in hallowed soil of other lands and those who survive them, may it truly be said that in the noble teachings of their Alma Mater — in the tradition of the great American leader, Sam Houston, who this day, one hundred and ten years ago, wrested Texas from foreign dominion by defeating Santa Ana on the historic battlefield of San Jacinto – they stood steadfast, unyielding and unafraid through those dark days of our country’s gravest peril – and by inspiring example helped point the way."
Signed,
Douglas MacArthur
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Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:24 pm to EKG
Posted on 2/19/17 at 12:18 am to EKG
EKG with the dust-inducing post.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 9:28 pm to EKG
“No more convincing testimony could be given to the manner in which the men of Texas A&M lived up to the ideals and principles inculcated in their days on the campus than the simple statement that the ... Medal of Honor has been awarded to [seven] former students, that 46 took part in the heroic defense of Bataan and Corregidor and that nearly 700 are on the list of our battle dead,”
- General Dwight Eisenhower
Campus Muster 1946
- General Dwight Eisenhower
Campus Muster 1946
Posted on 2/19/17 at 10:53 pm to EKG
Thanks for this. One more thing I didn't know. 
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