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To: GreenvillePatriot; wastedyears

I remember taking MY oath May20,1958 and it went something like this:

“I, A.B., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” This version remained in effect until the 1959 adoption of the present wording.
Found at: http://www.history.army.mil/html/faq/oaths.html
Prior to discharge we were given instruction to the changes made but did not have to reaffirm the oath. Active duty completed after Cuban Crisis, extension.


108 posted on 05/05/2011 4:18:00 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Flush Congress in 2010 & 2012)
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To: GOYAKLA

Just a guess but I would think these seals that are meeting 0 took the oath well after 1959.


112 posted on 05/05/2011 4:34:35 PM PDT by GreenvillePatriot
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