U.S.NAVY WORLD WAR II OFFICIAL
ODIN GROUP SQUADRON PRAYER
TO BE READ AT EACH MEMORIAL SERVICE
IN HONOR OF ALL PAST AND PRESENT SHIPMATES

DEAR LORD
WE STAND BEFORE YOU IN ADORATION AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR
SOVERIENTY AND OF OUR DEPENDENCE UPON YOU.
THE ONE WHO IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH.

WE GIVE HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THOSE WHO WE REMEMBER
AND HONOR TODAY.
THOSE SHIPMATES WHO PAID THE SUPREME AND ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE, DURING OUR TOUR OF DUTY DURING WWll IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS IN ORDER THAT OTHERS MIGHT
LIVE IN HONOR AND HUMAN DIGNITY.
WE ARE INDEBTED OH GOD FOR THESE BRAVE SHIPMATES WHO WERE
WILLING TO GIVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE PEACE OF THE WORLD AND
THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY TODAY.
THEY FOUGHT, THEY BLED AND THEY DIED IN FAR AWAY
BATTLEFIELDS OF THE WORLD, YET THEIR MEMORY LIVES WITH US.

IN THEIR MEMORY GRANT THAT WE WHO REMAIN UPON THIS EARTH
MAY HAVE THE COURAGE, INSIGHT, WISDOM AND A WILLINGNESS
TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE PEACE AND TO DEFEND LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OUR FATHER AS WE REMEMBER AND MEMORIALIZE OUR FELLOW
SHIPMATES WE LOOK UP TO YOU..

EACH ONE OF US SHOULD PAUSE TO GIVE GRATITUDE FOR DEDICATED
SERVICE OF OUR FALLEN WORLD WAR II SHIPMATES AND TO THOSE
WHO HAVE SINCE PASSED ON..
GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY, TO THEIR
FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS AND TO THE WORLD.

IN DOING SO, MAY WE RE-COMMIT OURSELVES AND THUS OUR
COUNTRY TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, SO THAT THIS GREAT LAND WILL
ALWAYS BE THE HOME OF PEACE AND THE LAND OF THE FREE.

PROVIDE US THE WISDOM IN ALL OUR DAILY DUTIES, TO BE NOT
OVERCOME WITH EVIL, BUT TO OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD...
FOR INDEED WE REMEMBER YOUR PROMISE...
BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR SAVIOUR, AND OUR REDEEMER WE
PRAY

AMEN.................

AUTHOR DON HATCHER


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