United States Merchant Marine Academy - Midships Yearbook (Kings Point, NY)

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ffjH OURAGE is a word that many hear of, but few men know. One man who lived its meaning was Admiral Howard L. Vickery, USN. A patriot, a fighter, and a believer in a strong United States Merchant Marine and Navy, he never compromised the principles for which he stood. Realization of his fondest hopes came as Old Glory became the symbol of mastery of the seven seas. To our own Academy he was a loyal and devoted protector. The genius that was Admiral Vickery lives on in his handiwork. To the revered memory of a staunch and true friend of the Cadet Corps, MIDSHIPS 1949 is dedicated. L

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AT THE LANDFALLS OF OUR Our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal — so spoke Lincoln many years ago on a battle-scarred hill at Gettysburg. In these words are contained the suffer- ing and hardship, the courage and devotion of a new people determined to build in the western world a better way of life for themselves and to achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace with all nations. Today the United States Merchant Marine, build- ing on the heritage of the founding fathers, emulat- ing their dauntless spirit, has set as its goal the carrying of food and materials for the economic resurrection of a war torn world. It is a task of stag- gering proportions, but with confidence in our men of the Merchant Marine, with the unbounded deter- mination of a free and willing people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. We accept in the American tradition the challenge to carry on.

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UT of the trials and turmoil, chaos and social upheaval through which our world has passed in the last two decades has emerged this indisputable truth- th e world is one and its people one. The fate of each nation is the fate of the world, each people ' s adversity, the adversity of humanity. The chain of interdependence links us in a common bond. The American Merchant Marine is the strongest link in this interglobal chain. It is to all the world a concrete manifestation of our faith in the future of international trade and through such trade, the future of the world. The rust of apathy must not attack tliis link, for on its vitality rests, quite simply, world peace.