I Like Washington A Great Deal. I

It Doesn't Do Any Good To Wire The World If We Short Circuit The Soul.

A Common Lament Of The World War Ii Generation Is The Absence Today Of Personal Responsibility

We Were Not Just Competitors And Colleagues, We Were Friends. We Had A Lot Of Opportunities To Reflect On This In The Last Year. It Was A Competitive Brotherhood.

Think Of It As Your Ticket To Change The World.

There Has Never Been A Military Operation Remotely Approaching The Scale And The Complexity Of D-day. It Involved 176,000 Troops, More Than 12,000 Airplanes, Almost 10,000 Ships, Boats, Landing Craft, Frigates, Sloops, And Other Special Combat Vessels--all Involved In A Surprise Attack On The Heavily Fortified North Coast Of France, To Secure A Beachhead In The Heart Of Enemy-held Territory So That The March To Germany And Victory Could Begin. It Was Daring, Risky, Confusing, Bloody, And Ultimately Glorious [p.25]