(October 18, 2022 at 9:27 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It brings to mind the treatment of American blacks in Vietnam.
The truth of that one is stranger and somehow worse than the fiction, imo. It's what happens when your majority demo professional combat arms get shredded and you need to quickly find replacements from a society with a level of volunteerism that could only maintain that gatekeeping force it ran under regular operation in the first place.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
