For more than a century and a half, students and alumni and alumnae from this hill have gone forth to serve their country and humanity, especially the more than 5,000 members of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps who began their training and service in World War II at Colgate, those who returned to complete their work after serving their country, their wives, and the members of the Colgate University family who worked with them; they remain a part of Colgate forever.