1:57:06
I am closing my 52 years
of military service.
1:57:13
When I joined the army, even
before the turn of the century...
1:57:18
it was the fulfillment of all
my boyish hopes and dreams.
1:57:25
The world
has turned over many times...
1:57:27
since I took the oath
on the plain at West Point...
1:57:32
and the hopes and dreams
have long since vanished.
1:57:38
But I still remember
the refrain...
1:57:40
of one of the most popular
barrack ballads of that day...
1:57:46
which proclaimed
most proudly that...
1:57:50
"Old soldiers never die...
1:57:56
they just... fade away. "
1:58:03
Like the old soldier
of that ballad...
1:58:07
I now close
my military career...
1:58:12
and just... fade away...
1:58:16
an old soldier...
1:58:19
who tried to do his duty...
1:58:22
as God...
1:58:25
gave him the light
to see that duty.
1:58:38
Good-bye.
1:58:54
Good-bye, hell. He's running
for president.
1:58:57
I
give you the greatest war hero...