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Show Annual Army Day Observance To Emphasize Peacetime Role Nation Will Honor Achievements at Programs April 7 WSU Features. Dedicated to "The American Ameri-can Army in Peace," Army Day will be observed throughout through-out the nation on April 7 with parades, community celebrations celebra-tions and addresses by prom-i prom-i inent army and civilian leaders. lead-ers. The observance has been pro-! pro-! claimed by President Truman and by governors and mayors. The army's role In the observance, on orders of Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower, Eisenhow-er, will be keynoted to securing and maintaining the peace. In addition to the traditional Army Day. the war department this year i will observe Army Week during the period, April 6 to 12. ; Army day customarily is observed ob-served on April 6, anniversary of the j declaration of war in 1917. The ob-' ob-' servance was postponed for a day this year because Easter Sunday occurs oc-curs on April 6. Started In 1928. I Originally proposed by the Military Mili-tary Order of World Wars in 1928, Army Day at that time had no governmental gov-ernmental inspiration. From its beginning, be-ginning, however, the observance received full and active support of other veterans' organizations as well as civic groups. In 1937 the house of representatives and senate, by joint resolution, designated April 6 of each year as Army Day. Since then it has expanded to a national project and Is observed on a major scale annually. As in the past, Army Day and Army Week this year will call upon the nation to honor the wartime army In peacetime for a Job well done and to pay tribute to all serv- fz5ESiP ss ctS j 1 1 - , J I : niii.iw tttmtttmvttmfiA,ttM:. i rrm"fT"r"iMTiMrtfcimffira'iiiaii akmtmii HATS OFF! . . . The flag Is passing by in an Army Day parade in the nation's capital. Scenes like this will be reenacted throughout the nation April 7 on the annual observance of Army Day, icemen, those who survived as well as those who fell on the battlefields of all wars. Parades Scheduled. Throughout the nation, Army Day will be marked by community celebrations cele-brations and parades. In communities communi-ties where army units are located, uniformed troops will participate in the parades and new army equipment equip-ment will be displayed. On the second observance of Army Day since conclusion of the greatest war the world has ever known, the nation has come to recognize the army as an Instrument of national security both Ift war and peace. L Army achievements, both military and scientific, have played an instrumental instru-mental role in America's advances ever since its early days as a small federation of newly independent states. In the fields of medicine, construction, construc-tion, transportation, communication and allied endeavors, army research re-search and developments have aided aid-ed the nation's growth and welfare. wel-fare. At Army Day celebrations added recognition will be given the nation's armed forces as peacetime instruments instru-ments as well as wartime necessities. |