NROTC University of Minnesota - Gopher Log Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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In I906 fhe Navy insfifufed in fhe Fleef an award for excellence which has been lcnown ever since as fhe Navy E. Firsf awarded for excellence in gunnery, fhis was lafer exfended fo include oufsfancling performance in engineering and communicafions. An honor nof easily won nor lighfly besfowed, if became and has remained a maffer of deep pride fo fhe men of fhe Service who receive if. When fhe rising fide of war in Europe placed a premium on fhe pro- ducfion of war equipmenf, fhe Navy E award was exfended fo embrace fhose planfs and organizafions which showed excellence in producing ships, weapons, and equipmenf for fhe Navy. Then came Pearl Harbor-and wifh if a demand for war producfion such as fhe world has never lcnown . . . an awareness fhaf our fighfing forces and fhe men and women of American indusfry are parfners in fhe greaf sfruggle for human freedom . . . and on fhe parf of all Amer- icans a grim ancl enduring resolve fo work and figh+ fogefher unfil vicfory in fhaf sfruggle is final and complefe. From fhaf high resolve was born fhe Army-Navy Proclucfion Award -which sfands foday as our fighfing forces' ioinf recognifion of excep- fional performance on fhe producfion fronf . . . of fhe defermined, per- severing, unbeafable American spirif which can be safisfiecl only by achieving foday whaf yesferclay seemed impossible. :am