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Roll Call
Dedication
By John E. Hughes
Roll Call, like
service in Airborne and Special Operations forces, is a voluntary
category of soldiers who serve in these select military units and
those who continue to serve this nation out of uniform. Every name
has a story; every story is one thread in the fabric of our nation.
After World
War II, President Harry S. Truman called for all veterans to provide
leadership and example in further exalting our nation in peace."
That call to lead in business, industry, government, education and
on the home front continues to this day. Airborne and special operations
soldiers are leaders, dedicated to a lifetime of service to this
nation. Their unique experiences pay tribute to American ingenuity,
tenacity, courage, resourcefulness and honor.
Roll Call is
hereby dedicated
- To those
who voluntarily gave their yesterdays and todays so that our nation
would see tomorrow.
- To those
who took their lessons of poverty, courage, self-sacrifice and
uncertainty and turned them into rules for successful living.
- To those
who saw and experienced the imperfections of our society and worked
to make this country a better place.
- To those
who use their self-reliance to embrace entrepreneur skills to
maintain non-violent balance to oppressive governments.
- To freedom
and independence for all—without compromise.
- To airborne
and special operations soldiers past, present and future—with
equality for all.
PVT John
E. Hughes
Airborne, 1945-46
Honorably discharged, October 31, 1946
Founder and Senior Partner (Ret.) John E. Hughes & Co., C.P.A.'s
Former Part-Owner and CEO (Ret.) Archibald/Fannie May Candy Companies
Chairman and Former CEO The (J.D. Stetson and Dorothy W.) Coleman
Foundation, Inc.
Founder, Chairman and President the John E. and Jeanne T. Hughes
Foundation, Inc.
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