OUR DEDICATION TO THOSE WHO WENT DOWN, THE MEN WHO DIED DOING A MAN'S JOB, IS ONE THAT MUST BE WRITTEN IN ACTIONS, NOT WORDS.

WE HAVE AVENGED THEM, IN PART, WITH THE GUNS AND BOMBS THAT PAVED THE WAY TO VICTORY. WE WILL COMMEMORATE THEM BY CARRYING ON THE FIGHTING SPIRIT IN WHICH THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES.

BUT THAT IS NOT ALL. OUR DEDICATION TO THEM IS A PROMISE - A PROMISE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT, IN WHATEVER WAY AND WITH WHATEVER WEAPONS THE SITUATION DEMANDS, TO ACHIEVE THE IDEALS FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT TO THE END. OUR DEAD HAVE SET THE TRADITION. WE SHALL NEVER LET THEM DOWN.

EACH OF US HAS A JOB TO DO, A JOB MADE REAL BY THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO WILL NOT BE PRESENT TO SHARE IN THE FINER WORLD WE MUST AND WILL ACHIEVE. IT IS OUR JOB TO BUILD FROM THE VICTORY A REAL AND LASTING PEACE; TO BUILD FOR THE LIVING IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR DEAD.