A Sense of Place.
A Debt of Honor indeed.
Link: https://www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/god-country-notre-dame-vs-navy-a-debt-of-honor-20261028
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Level 1
Well over 100 universities participated in Navy's V-12 program
I wonder how many of the others are still paying back this 'debt'.
'I define fear as standing across from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer-
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Without Navy there is no Notre Dame.
No Leahy, Ara, Devine, Lou National Championships. No Heisman Winners.
No continuing remembrances of Rockne, The Four Horsemen, and Gipper.The President of ND at the time extended the offer.
Hesburgh reaffirmed it.It is a Debt of Honor.
Since when is Honor not a core ND concept?
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Ah yes, the oft repeated myth surfaces yet again
ND, like the other 100+ schools that accepted the V-12 program during WWII, was at risk of temporarily closing its doors.
The naive simpletons who cling to this romantic version translate that to mean that ND would have ceased to exist. God bless them.
'I define fear as standing across from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer-
Level 4
Naive simpletons like O'Donnell and Hesburgh?
Your dismissiveness is unimpressive.
"If it wasn't for Navy, we would've had to close within a year"
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh
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Level 1
Appreciate your sentimentality, but the game is a scheduling luxury ND can no longer afford.
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