United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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MO¥ THE UNITED STATES LENTY, EVES CHING .ONIAL ; SELF- ,wnH TOWED COUNTRY. TO FULFILL AND TO ENLARGE THIS LOFTY CONCEPT OF THE ARMY IS THE ETERNAL ASPIRATION OF EVERY MAN OF THE CORPS. AS THE ARMY DEDI- CATES ITSELF, WITH QUIET HEROISM, TO THE NATION, SO LET US DEDICATE THE HOWITZER OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE TO THE ARMY. MAY THE RICH HERITAGE OF ITS PAST AND THE GLORIOUS PROMISE OF ITS FUTURE BE EVER AND ALWAYS A CHALLENGE AND AN INSPIRA- TION TO THE FUTURE OFFICERS OF THE U. S. ARMY.

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DEDICATED TO THE ARM IN WAR AND IN PEACE, IN FAMINE AND IN PLENTY, THE ARMY MOVES ON THROUGH THE YEARS, EVER CHERISHING THE HIGH IDEALS AND THE ENRICHING INFLUENCE WHICH ARE ITS BIRTH-RIGHT FROM COLONIAL DAYS. WITH A MAIESTY CREATED OUT OF THE SELF- LESS DEVOTION AND SACRIFICE OF ITS SONS, WITH A DEEP REVERENCE AND AN IMPLICIT TRUST BESTOWED UPON IT BY A GRATEFUL NATION, THE ARMY IS A LIVING SYMBOL OF THE SPIRIT OF DUTY HONOR-

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FOREWORD • In this Howitzer we have tried not only to produce an an- nual that will be of interest to the Class of 1935 and the Corps, but a book that will have a universal appeal to all Army officers. The Howitzer staff has devoted its efforts towards the accomplishment of two purposes. Primarily, of course, our function has been to record in a permanent form, a representative word and picture cross section of our four years at the Academy. Our secondary aim has been to portray the background and trace the development of the various arms of service that constitute the profession in which we now launch our careers— The United States Army.