Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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JOHN DAVIDSON EBORN, JR.

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ke Boca 1949 Annual Publication of the Cadet Corps AUGUSTA MILITARY ACADEMY Fort Defiance, Virginia

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This RECALL is dedicated to one of the first young Americans to give his life in the struggle against Communism. His name was John Davidson Eborn, Junior, and he was First Captain and an honored graduate of this Academy. It was less than two years after graduation that Dave fell in China, the victim of an army of fanatics. It is not without pride that we hope that some of the high character and de- votion to principle that led Dave to the last fateful performance of his duty was instilled in him here. And we also hope that the voice which once echoed from the Barracks and over the Parade Ground will be a constant reminder to us that there is no work more important the protection of what we believe right. Dave’s name can be found on the plaque in the Front Arch. It is not alone. The majority of those whose names appear there were young. For that reason, the plaque is a memorial, not to impersonal, dead heroes, but rather to many talents unexploited, and youthful promise unfullfilled. And also for that reason, those of us who read this, and who are also young, would do well to take to heart the lesson that they died to teach us.