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Cultural awareness--useful today, vital tomorrow.(Commandant's Note)

An understanding of foreign cultures and languages has long been part of the American Soldier's heritage. During both World Wars and even today, many members of our uniformed services were the sons and daughters of immigrants, and hence were imbued with the languages, customs, and cultures of their parents' countries of origin. German, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Italian, and other languages were familiar to them, and these language skills proved invaluable when their units found themselves fighting on foreign soil or confronted with refugees and populations uprooted by military operations.

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