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Yeah , my name's uh Phyllis Fitzgerald .

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I'm a retired chief foreign officer ,

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three and I'm the executive director of

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the Society of the First Infantry

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Division . I love my job . I love

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everything about it . It is always just

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amazing and wonderful to see them

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interact with them . And , you know ,

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we're all like , you know , it's a big

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family in a way . I mean , when I think

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about my time in the military , I left

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home at 17 to the army . Army became

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like family to me and my family . And ,

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um , you know , it carries on even as a

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retiree , the army will always be in

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our family . I also know that um I'm

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going to leave it in good hands and I

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would never ever leave this job and

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feel like , um um it would fail or

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something like that . So I feel better

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to go than I'm training someone to take

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over for me , Phyllis on behalf of the

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Society of the First Division . We

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thank you for all you've done for us .

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You are certainly the best . Thank you ,

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Phyllis . Yeah .

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Um Phyllis , I wanted to tell you ,

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thank you for everything and to tell

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you , how you've had an impact on my

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life . You are such a beautiful person

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who gives so much of herself ,

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whether you're having a good day or a

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bad day , you're so

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selfless to the community , to yourself

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and you give everything you have and to

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see truly how involved and

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how great you are with so many aspects

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of your life . So I thank you

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and I love you .