GAFT S, M« SHELTON, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR G.T. STOUT, USN
Executive Officer
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EDITOR: H.T. DAVIS, YNl 055-J or■365
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Our forefathers came to this country
to establish liberty, social justice, &
freedom for all. They toiled, suffered
and died in order that we might have the
freedom of thought, speech, and worship;
in order that minority groups might exist
without fear of destruction; and in order
that justice might be extended to all
persons. In essence, they established
the Constitutional basis for our American
Democracy today.
Of the peoples among our nation, none
have fought harder and have suffered
more for the cause of freedom and democ
racy than have the Jews. Thousands of
years ago, when the Israelites were in
bondage, Moses went to the Egyptian Phar
aoh and cried: "Let my people go!" The
Jews were the first monotheistists, that
is they believed in one God for all man
kind, and they believed all men to be
sons of God and equal before Him.It was
the religious faith of the Jews that led
them to freedom. "They believed that all
social relations should be regulated by
an impartial law." -Certainly freedom for
the individual, equality among men, and
government by law, are the very essence
of democracy.
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..As America ns, wg believe in the freedom
of man to worship, to speak, arid to thinly
We also Believe that man should be prot
ected from social injustice,lawlessness
and tyranny. As .citizens of this nation
it is3 therefore,, our privilege and our
responsibility -to protect the many lib
erties which we enjoy in our democratic
way of life*
But what can we do for freedom* First
we can be intellectually alert and cog
nizant of the problems in the world
about us* Secondly, we can exercise our
religious freedom* Thirdly, we can be
come better students of history. For it
is the student of history who is alert
to the dangers of nationalism and to thqj
claims of the State to have its own ™
"Weltanschauung,” or world-view.Fourthly
we need to be aware that man has certain
inalienable rights which are conferred
upon him by his Creator. Without an
understanding of his "inalienable rights”
man then becomes susceptible to the
claims of Communism and to all other
forms- of totalitarianism* "We hold
these truths to be self evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
inalienable rights, that among these are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happ
iness."
Chaplain William Parsons,
MCB-9
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HOW
TO BE
ENSIGN, USN
Any enlisted person on active duty who
is of officer caliber, is a U. S. citizen
enlisted on or before 1 July 1961, is
not older than 22 on 1 July 1962, has
completed 3 years of high school with at
least 2 years of algebra or geometry or
at least 1 year each of algebra and geo
metry, with a GCT/ARI of 105 and has
never been married can become an ENSIGN,
USN. If this interests you, submit a
special request chit to reach the Pers
onnel Office not later than 1600, today,
14 March 1962. After interviews and a
physical, you may take an examination on
5 July 1962 for entrance into the Naval
Preparatory School, Bainbridge, Md.,prior
to entry into the U.S* Naval Academy,
Apnapoiis, Md*. .— , , -.