Moral Courage Is The Most Valuable And

Battle Is The Most Magnificent Competition In Which A Human Being Can Indulge. It Brings Out All That Is Best; It Removes All That Is Base. All Men Are Afraid In Battle. The Coward Is The One Who Lets His Fear Overcome His Sense Of Duty. Duty Is The Essence Of Manhood.

...it Is A Proud Privilege To Be A Soldier – A Good Soldier … [with] Discipline, Self-respect, Pride In His Unit And His Country, A High Sense Of Duty And Obligation To Comrades And To His Superiors, And A Self Confidence Born Of Demonstrated Ability.

Always Do More Than Is Required Of You.

Unless You Do Your Best, The Day Will Come When, Tired And Hungry, You Will Halt Just Short Of The Goal You Were Ordered To Reach, And By Halting You Will Make Useless The Efforts And Deaths Of Thousands.

I Wonder If I Could Have Been Here Before As I Drive Up The Roman Road The Theater Seems Familiar - Perhaps I Headed A Legion Up That Same White Road... I Passed A Chateau In Ruins Which I Possibly Helped Escalade In The Middle Ages. There Is No Proof Nor Yet Any Denial. We Were, We Are, And We Will Be.