I Was Too Young For Korea And

When Hitler Declared War On The United States, He Was Betting That German Soldiers, Raised Up In The Hitler Youth, Would Always Out Fight American Soldiers, Brought Up In The Boy Scouts. He Lost That Bet. The Boy Scouts Had Been Taught How To Figure Their Way Out Of Their Own Problems.

American Is The First Democratic Nation-state.

To Have Some Parts Flowing Free Again . . . With Deer Grazing On Its Banks . . . Ducks And Geese Raising Their Young In The Backwaters . . . Eddies And Twists And Turns For Canoeists . . . And Fishing Opportunities Such As Lewis And Clark Enjoyed . . . Would Be The Finest Possible Tribute To The Men Of The Expedition, And A Priceless Gift For Our Children.

In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries You Have These Great Nation States Hurling Their Young Men At One Another. The Victory Was Really Going To Rest On Who Could Do The Best Job Of Bringing Up Their Kids To Become Efficient And Effective Soldiers. That's Pretty Grandiose, I Guess, But I Do Think That, And Thank God It's Been The Armies Of Democracy That Have Emerged From This As The Triumphant Armies.

During The Second World War, The Germans Took Four Years To Build The Atlantic Wall. On Four Beaches It Held Up The Allies For About An Hour; At Omaha It Held Up The U.s. For Less Than One Day. The Atlantic Wall Must Therefore Be Regarded As One Of The Greatest Blunders In Military History.