Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.
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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?Douglas MacArthur
I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die it requires careful preparation.
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Erickson gave an address to the group gathered for the last time in Mankato that he described as very emotional. He told the group how gratifying it was to see all the young people, there to help and to learn. We were once many now we are so few, ... 'Old soldiers never die they just fade away.' I declare this unit disbanded.
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A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.
Douglas MacArthur
If you must fire do a good job-a few casualties become martyrs, a large number an object lesson. ...When a mob starts to move keep it on the run. ...Use a bayonet to encourage its retreat. If they are running, a few good wounds in the buttocks will encourage them. If they resist, they must be killed.
Douglas MacArthur
I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.
Douglas MacArthur
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