I have been reflecting on what the days forward has meant to all of us. Not only has the website given everyone in our class the chance to read and enjoy memories of the experiences we have shared, but it has developed into an important archive of the collective experiences of our class during our unique point in history. Many people have written of the West Point experience and have had to do significant research to support their work. You are putting it all in one place, not only for our benefit but also for anyone who comes after us and wants to know what it was like and all the places we went. At the 55th reunion I just happened to be sitting with a classmate for dinner and realized that we had a common experience with the same general officer in two separate places, halfway around the world from each other. Those experiences should not be forgotten. Some of us made big contributions to history, others of us made small ones. All of them should be remembered. I appreciate your efforts to draw them out and memorialize them.
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