United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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KFEQE5 - wfufh sound bottles stout hearts and alert iriitnds Through the first four years of my life, I strived to judiciously condition my body to the hercu- Iean tasks and mental stresses that nature lay in store for me. I must learn to remain brave in times of tragedy and despair and keep my mind alert in times of danger. I must be an example for the men I lead and to the country I serve. I must preserve and foster the American tradi- tion of sound bodies, stout hearts and alert minds. jf!

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o graduate young men, I am the Class of Nineteen Hun- dred and Sixty Two. I am the combined might and vvillpower of the men that make up my soul. I am the spirit ofSixty Two, dedicated and conceived in the Glory of the Coast Guard as es- ' tablished by my forbearers in the years gone past. I have strived through my four year apprenticeship in the Cra- dle ot the Coast Guard to be vvorthy of my noble predeces- sors. And novv that this Appren- ticeship is over, I pray that I might do honor to the officers in whose footsteps I follovv. ..... - --.,....,..,... K , . . ,

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