The Armed Forces OfficerOffice of Armed Forces Information and Education, 1960 - 251 strani |
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Stran 68 - Fill your cartridge-boxes, quick, and get into line; the enemy is trying to escape and he must not be permitted to do so.
Stran 39 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Stran 25 - If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.
Stran 25 - I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
Stran 25 - When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause. VI I will never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.
Stran 73 - The meaning of an extraordinary man is, that he is eight men, not one man; that he has as much wit as if he had no sense, and as much sense as if he had no wit; that • his conduct is as judicious as if he were the dullest of human beings, and his imagination as brilliant as if he 'were irretrievably ruined.
Stran 8 - We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education. We can never be safe until this is done.
Stran 25 - If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information nor take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades.
Stran 117 - Lord God, when thou givest to thy servants to endeavour any great matter, grant us also to know that it is not the beginning, but the continuing of the same, until it be thoroughly finished, which yieldeth the true glory; through him that for the finishing of thy work laid down his life, our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
Stran 98 - Do this, and he doeth it ;" but I am obliged to say, " This is the reason why you ought to do that," and then he does it were as raw as my soldiora.