 I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the Army even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point,...  Issues of War and Peaceby Nancy Gentile Ford - 2002 - 333 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1951 - 578 pages
...effort to preserve them and end this savage conflict honorably and with the least loss of time and a minimum sacrifice of life. Its growing bloodshed has...remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always. [Applause.] I am closing my 52 years of military service. [Applause.] When I joined the Army even before... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1951 - 596 pages
...least loss of time and a minimum sacrifice of life. Its growing bloodshed has caused me the djeepest anguish and anxiety. Those gallant men will remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always. [Applause.] There are some who for varying reasons would appease Red China. They are blind to history's... | |
 | James S. Hewett - 1988 - 516 pages
...Truman's sudden behestI. His memorable speech included these sad lines: "I am closing my fifty-two years of military service. When I joined the army,...turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain... | |
 | Edward L. Daily - 1990 - 138 pages
...constant effort to preserve them and this savage conflict honorably and with the least loss of time and a minimum sacrifice of life. Its growing bloodshed has...Army, even before the turn of the century, it was my fulfillment of all of my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took... | |
 | Richard Halworth Rovere - 366 pages
...rather than slavery. Their last words to me were: "Don't scuttle the Pacific." I am closing my fifty-two years of military service. When I joined the Army,...turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain... | |
 | Alexandra Hanson-Harding - 1997 - 92 pages
...rather than slavery. Their last words to me were: "Don't scuttle the Pacific." I am closing my fifty-two years of military service. When I joined the army,...turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain... | |
 | Robert G. Torricelli, Andrew Caroll - 1999 - 488 pages
...slavery. Their last words to me were, "Don't scuttle the Pacific. . . ." I am closing my fifty-two years of military service. When I joined the Army...turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain... | |
 | Edward T. Imparato - 2000 - 268 pages
...effort to preserve them and end this savage conflict honorably and with the least loss of time and a minimum sacrifice of life. Its growing bloodshed has...turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain... | |
 | 2001 - 172 pages
...effort to preserve them and end this savage conflict honorably and with the least loss of time and a minimum sacrifice of life. Its growing bloodshed has...remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always. US Congress, Washington, DC, April 19, 1951 In every war in which we have heretofore engaged, we have... | |
 | 2001 - 172 pages
...effort to preserve them and end this savage conflict honorably and with the least loss of time and a minimum sacrifice of life. Its growing bloodshed has...remain often in my thoughts and in my prayers always. US Congress, Washington, DC, April 19,1951 In every war in which we have heretofore engaged, we have... | |
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