173d Airborne Brigade Separate - Yearbook (Okinawa, Japan)

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DEDICATION JOH FITZGERALD KENNEDY. THIRTY-FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IS DEAD. NO OTHER PRESI- DENT ' S DEATH HAS SO DEEPLY TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF ALL MILITARY FORCES— FOR THEY KNEW HD AS A STAUNCH FRIEND. INDEED, HE WAS A MILITARY FAMILIES ' PRESIDENT. IT IS TO HIM AND TO THE INS IRA- TION WHICH HE LEAVES. THAT WE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE THIS BOOK IN HIS MEMORY. ' ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY

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v BRIGADIER GENERAL ELLIS W. WILLIAMSON Commanding Officer COMMANDING GENERAL ' S MESSAGE I wish to express my sincere appreciation to each of you for providing the initiative, en- thusiasm, and professional skill to make this past year a memorable one for the 173d Airborne Brigade. Your spirit of determination and leadership ability that I have observed throughout the past year never fails to renew my confidence that our great nation will continue to be a leader in the free world. In this yearbook you will find many pictures which depict the type of activities we have ex- perienced together. Our training in various types of terrain, under many different situations, is invaluable to us as an airborne unit that is fully prepared to get the job done. I congratulate each of you for a job well done and for making this a most memorable and worthwhile year. Airborne, All the Way ELLIS W. WILLIAMSON Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Commanding I •.-» IV I 1 TT1