Prot. n. 463/010.270/V Rome, 15 March 2002
on behalf of the Italian Army, it is a great honor
to address our best congratulations to the cadets and staff of the United States Military
Academy of West Point on the commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of its founding.
The Military Academy has educated generations of Officers to the
rigorous life of the military leader. Those men and women gave - and they are giving - their
unique contribution to the preservation of the ideals of peace, democracy and freedom
wherever threatened in the world. In this day and age these ideals are in danger because of
new threats such as the international terrorism: an insidious evil that our Armies are facing
together. May your motto "Duty, Honor and Motherland" be our beacon-light in this new
storm and may the heroes that graduated in West Point, military or not, be the pathfinders
towards the final victory.
I wish the United States Army centuries of success and I wish to pass
my best compliments to the United States Military Academy for the 200th year of
outstanding service to its Country.
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Lieutenant General
William J. LENNOX, Jr.
Superintendent,
United States Military Academy
West Point - New York
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