I Will Defend Korea As I Would

The World Has Turned Over Many Times Since I Took The Oath On The Plain At West Point?but I Still Remember The Refrain Of One Of The Most Popular Ballads Of That Day Which Proclaimed Most Proudly That Old Soldiers Never Die; They Just Fade Away.

I Realize That Advice Is Worth What It Costs--that Is, Nothing.

I See That The Flagpole Still Stands. Have Your Troops Hoist The Colors To Its Peak, And Let No Enemy Ever Haul Them Down.

Like The Old Soldier Of The Ballad, I Now Close My Military Career And Just Fade Away, An Old Soldier Who Tried To Do His Duty As God Gave Him The Light To See That Duty. Goodbye.

There Is No Security. Only Opportunity.