If I had another life, that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My heroes are the non-commissioned officers. If I had another life that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.
I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional.
I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945.
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.
In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
If I have got to be a soldier, I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable.
There is only one Army in which you serve. When that identity is gone, it is gone forever.
I think of myself as Special Forces, clearing the path for the infantry.