United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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,y wjw m RETROSPECT of the story of America lendsemphasis to the conviction that our national destiny has coursed largely By Way of the Sea. From the very begin- ning the prows of ships have cleft the oceans on errands destined to write the Prologue to and the Story of our great place in the sun. By Way of the Sea came discovery. That was an omen. By Way of the Sea came colonization.That was a prophecy. By Way of the Sea loomed also the threat to our happiness. That was the call to national integration. And thus, against the background of prophecy was fashioned the nation that became the magnet of the hosts who sought to tread the peaceful and constructive paths of life. Thus, ever pursuing benevolent aims, our national destiny rode on. And though our colors have never been struck in defeat, history does not accentuate America ' s great- ness in terms of military glory. Rather has greatness come to her in a larger

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s O those men of our Navy who are silhouetted against the colorful background of our history; to those scientists and diplomats, explorers and discoverers whose lives of unques- tioning service have wrought a peaceful, though forceful, revolu- tion in the affairs of a world; whose courage, tact, and unfailing devotion to duty have given us a legacy of world achievement — to those men who visualized the march of progress, whose accom- plishments are beacon lights along the airways of world affairs— this, the Lucky Bag of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty, is reverently dedicated.

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H THE SBA sense, as a benignant power, diverting her vast energies into those broader and more purposeful channels that tend to serve the better interests of the world at large. How America has helped to shape important world affairs is a story that needs no retelling. Yet our Navy is so closely linked with the writing of this story, that the editors assume the privilege of recounting pictorially, in the pages that follow, a few of the inci- dents by which the Navy has rendered service of international import. By Way of the Sea, America has done much to free the tradeways of the tyrant; to explore the unknown; to enrich the store of human knowledge; to bring order out of chaos; to pro- mote peace. Taking inspiration from these great and useful services that are now become history, our Navy stands ready and eager to participate in the greater destiny America is yet to fulfill — By Way of the Sea.