One Cannot Wage War Under Present Conditions

While I Was Not Consulted Prior To The President's Decision To Intervene In Support Of The Republic Of Korea, That Decision From A Military Standpoint, Proved A Sound One, As We Hurled Back The Invader And Decimated His Forces. Our Victory Was Complete, And Our Objectives Within Reach, When Red China Intervened With Numerically Superior Ground Forces.

We Have Known The Bitterness Of Defeat And The Exultation Of Triumph, And From Both We Have Learned There Can Be No Turning Back. We Must Go Forward To Preserve In Peace What We Won In War. A New Era Is Upon Us. Even The Lesson Of Victory Itself Brings With It Profound Concern, Both For Our Future Security And The Survival Of Civilization. The Destructiveness Of The War Potential, Through Progressive Advances In Scientific Discovery, Has In Fact Now Reached A Point Which Revises The Traditional Concepts Of War.

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.

The Best Luck Of All Is The Luck You Make For Yourself.

The World Is In A Constant Conspiracy Against The Brave.