We heard the MacArthur speech over the school radio.
Can't imagine how speech was played in a school TV in '51 as someone notes. Who
had TVs ?
We had a vote in social studies class and only two out of
thirty supported President Truman.I loathed MacArthur who
had really cocked up in Korea and wanted to nuke China. His successor, Matthew
Ridgway, saved the Army.
Two of my schoolmates, probably present in the high school
auditorium, were killed in Korea a few months later.
I read somewhere that VN had a soft spot for GI Bill students
which I was. Speak Memory maybe ?
BD
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:20
PM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Kings never
die...
EDNote: DN's reply (?) to John Rea is embedded deep within the
quoted message.
-------- Original Message --------
With
all the eagerly helpful people on this list, you surely
have a sound answer
now, wherein most will attribute this to
the late General Douglas MacArthur
(spell, please,DN?), who
in one of his "farewell" addresses emitted, "Old
soldiers
never die, the just (bzw "only") fade away." Actually he
was,
in fact quoting: I first ran across this in a book I
read in early 1935
with the title, "Old Soldier Sahib".
That would probably indicate a British
source.l
Among the many variations that I have heard since
the
General's well know use, is, "Old bikers (i.e.
motorcycle
riders...Oh,
I see. DN) never die: they just get recycled."
By the
way, it should be easy to verify my quote via
interlibrary loan, if I am
challenged.
John
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