US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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THIRD PLATOON - COMPANY C Tactical Officer Tactical Noncommissioned Officer CAPTAIN ELDEN H. WRIGHT SERGEANT FIRST CLASS BILLY W. NIPPER LJFIIVEFSITY of -I-GFIFIGSSGG h Savannah High Sghool First Squad: J. Allen CE. Tenn Statel, P. Izard lOle Missl, D. Guyton lOle Missl, K. Duncan CGordon Mill, P. Plummer lGeorgia Ctatel, T. Murray lFloridal, D. Bullock lVanderbiltl, R. Taylor KM iss Statel, A. Lum lOle Missl, J. Cordell CE. Tenn Statel. Second Squad: B. Junnier lFloridal, P. Mathewes lCitadeIl, W. Quintrell lNorth Georgial, G. Shea lFlorida Statel, J. Noell lGeorgial, T. Arant lMarionl, W. Crews lFlordia Southernl, R. Harper lMiss Statel, R. Todd lSpring Hilll. Third Squad: T. Daugherty lSpring Hilll, H. Smith lGeorgia Techl, J. Chamblee lNorth Georgial, B. McDonald lGeorgia Statel, R. Williams lTenn Techl, W. Gewecke lGeorgia Mil Coll, R. Ritch lFloridal, S. Owen lOIe Missl, G. Villaronga CPuerto Ricol, C. King lGeorgia Statel, G. Boyd lMiss Statel, E. Hernandez lPuerto Ricol. Fourth Squad: G. Miller lNorth Georgial, R. Koon lCitadell, Cole lAlabamal, R. Patterson lGeorgial, T. Solomon lGeorgial, D. Sampson .lChattanoogal, R. Brockman lOle Missl, J. Warner lMiamil, T. Graham lFloridal, l. Hudson lFlorida A8.Ml, M. Zayas lPuerto Ricol, J. Demps lFlorida A8iMl. ' FOURTH PLATOON - COMPANY C Tactical Officer ' Tactical Noncommissioned Officer CAPTAIN JAMES D. PARTIN SERGEANT FIRST CLASS FLOYD V. BENNETT Florence State College Florida State University First Squad: G. Wilson lMiss Statel, C. Neal lGeorgia Statel, G. Prater Uacksonville Statel, B. Corn lTenn Techl, J. Allen lMarionl, B, Caldwell lGeorgia Techl, G. Jenkins lFloridal, G. Hammock CCitadell, S. Schwarz lFlorida Southerni, J. Thomason KE. Tenn Statel, J. Major lSouthern Missl, H. Dunn lGeorgial. Second Squad: E. Mauldin lCitadell, J. O'Mahoney lMiamil, E. Trammell, Jr. lGeorgial, D. Keaton CE. Tenn Statel, C. Sherrer lGeor- gial, R. Bachus lMid Tenn Statel, R. Rabelo lPuerto Ricol, T. Harper lNorth Georgial, J. Fisher lTennesseel, A. Case iMiamil, S. Daniels, Jr. lFlorida A8tMl. . : 'B QC- d U,-J. W ll QG d M'Il, A. H'll lAlabamal, H. Kinnan lStetsonl, P. Meekins lFloridal, C. Padgett llgiilladdgflrlalg RlgbbiFiZt?MisstaSoeuthernl,aJ.eI!VatZrlFJE:ridia Statel,lJ. Smith iAuburnl, W. Gordon lMarionl, R. Davila lPuerto Ricol. 5 I I KS J, A. L t lFl r'da Southernl, L. Bryngelson CE. Tenn Statel, J. Colquitt lGeorgia Techl, S. g?gg:IfyscII::i:miJY 'lYYeMif:hellulG,gc?rgia Teirhis Dejnipsey lGeorgia Mill, A. Sanders iMarionl, G. Spruill lAlabamal, A. Payne CFlorida A8.Ml, L. Iglesias lPuerto Ricol. 4-'df 'Q

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xx .V ml FIRST PLATOON -- COMPANY C Tactical Officer Tactical Noncommissioned Officer CAPTAIN JAMES G. OWEN SERGEANT ALLEN L. VESTAL Jacksonville State College University of Florida First Squad: D. Day lGeorgiaI, A. Buhl tTennesseeI, J. Briggs lGeorgial, C. Catchings fTuskegeel, J. Cottier lAuburnl, R. Colvin, Jr. lTennesseeI, H. Andrews ISpring Hilll, C. Abate lFlorida Southernl, T. Cario lCitadeII, A. Cirino fPuerto Ricol. Second Squad: W. Greenlee lCitadelI, H. Hilton CE. Tenn Statel, J. Donnivin lChattanoogal, J. Feldman lCitadelJ, W. Gentry lTenn Techl, A. Hammond lMercerl, H. Hughes IE. Tenn Statel, H. Harris lTuskegeel, H. Graham lCitadell. Third Squad: W. Neel tVanderbiltl, B. Kenimer lGeorgial, J. Pate lSpring Hilll, J. Powers CE. Tenn Statel, J. McConnell lAIabamal, T. Loggins lAuburnl, J. Orr tMiss Statel, G. Penrith lMiami7, R. Melhorn tTenn Techl, J. Kisner lMiss Statel, C. Marchand lpuerto Ricol. Fourth Squad: V. Skullman tTenn Techl, E, Roberts lll lCitad3ll, M. Sandlin lChattanoogal, W. Sell IE. Tenn Statel, G. Tucker lOle Missl, R. Wallace lFlorence Statel, C. Wiecking lCitadell, A. Thompson lVanderbiItl, V. Ramos lPuerto Ricol, J. Smith lStetsonI, R. Wrenn tMid Tenn Statel, E. Spurlock ITennesseeI. SECOND PLATOON - COMPANY C Tactical Officer Tactical Noncommissioned Officer CAPTAIN HUGH M. OLIVER SERGEANT FIRST CLASS JOHN C. MAYES Georgia Military College City High School, Chattanooga, Tenn. First Squad: W. Cowan lTennseseel, H. Dolozier CE. Tenn Statel, R. Adkerson lMid Tenn Statel, A. Cope lVanderbiltJ, J. Darsey lNorth Georgial, J. Black tNorth Georgial, J. Causey lFloridaJ, C, Carroll lMiss Statel, A. Bregman lMiamiJ, M. Apsotol fCitadelI, L. Buice lNorth Georgial. Second Squad: W. Howell lMiss Statel, L. Jeffress lTennesseeI, J. Hamby lTennesseeI, L. Hardin lFlorida5, G. Jones lFlorence Statel, C. Gonzales IPuerto Ricol, J. Graham lFIorence Statel, J. Hayes lMercerl, J. Fenn lFloridal, D. Drapeau lMiss Southernl. Third Squad: J. Miles ITuskegeel, J. Knight lFlorida Statel, R. McNees lTennesseel, T. Long lNorth Georgial, W. Mason IE. Tenn State-I, B. Proctor lMiss Statel, M. Pinson lVanderbiltJ, G. Patterson Uacksonville Statel, M. Neizna Uacksonville Statel. Fourth Squad: A. Russ CE. Tenn Statel, J. Setzer fCitadelI, F. Thompson fNorth Georgia I, W. Wyllie lCitadelI, G. Williams lTuske- geel, R. Stalls lTenn Techl, S. Smith lOle Missl, W. Richard lFlorida Statel, G. Simpson Uacksonville Statel, W. Kinard lCitadell, M. Santiago CPuerto Ricol, C. Van House lGeorgia Statel.

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DUT These remarks were made by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to the United States Corps of Cadets at West Point, New York. The occasion was his accept- ance of the i962 Sylvanus Thayer Award for service to his country. It is felt that these thoughts are of value to all who seek to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this, coming from a profession I have served so long and a people I have loved so well. It fills me with an emotion I cannot express. But this award is not intended primarily for a personality, but to symbolize a great moral code-the code of conduct and chivalry of those who guard this beloved land of culture and ancient descent. Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you want to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. Unhappily, I possess neither that eloquence of dic- tion, that poetry of imagination nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean. The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase. Every pendant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every trouble- maker, and, I am sorry to say, some others of an en- tirely different character, will try to downgrade them even to the extent of mockery and ridicule. But these are some of the things they build. They build your basic character. They mold you for your fu- ture roles as the custodians of the nation's defense. They make you strong enough to know when you are weak, and brave enough to face yourself when you are afraid. They teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success: not to substi- tute words for action: not to seek the path of comfort but to face the stress and spur of difficulty .and chal- lenge: to learn to- stand up in the storm, but to have compassion on those who fall: to master yourself before you seek to mfaster others: to have a heart that is clean, af goal that is high: to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep: to reach' into the future, yet never neglect the past: to be serious, yet never take yourselfltoo seriously: to be modest so that you will remember the simplicity of true greatness: the open mind of true wis- dom, the meekness of true strength. They give you a temperate will, a quality of imag. H0 ination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, an appetite for adventure over love of ease. They create in your heart the sense of wonder, the unfailing hope of what next, and the joy and inspiration of life. They teach you in this way to be an officer and a gentleman. And what sort of soldiers are these you are to lead? Are they reliable? Are they brave? Are they capable of victory? Their story is known to all of you. It is the story of the American man at arms. My estimate of him was formed on the battlefields, many, many years ago, and has never changed. I regarded him then, as I regard him now, as one of the worlds noblest figures: not only as one of the finest militray chraacters, but also as one of the most stainless. His name and fame are the birthright' of every American citizen. In his youth and strength, his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give. He- needs no eulogy from me, or from any other man. He has written his own history and written it in red on his enemyis breast. In 20 campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand camp fires, I have witnesed that enduring fortitude, that patriotic self-abnegation, and that invin- cible determination which have carved his statue in the hearts of his people. From one end of the world to the other, he has drained deep the chalice of courage. As I listened to those songs in memory's eye I could' see those stagger- ing columns of the first World War, bending under soggy packs gn many a weary march, from dripping dusk to drizzling dawn, slogging ankle deep fhrough mires of shell-pocked roads: to form grimly for the attack, blue-lipped, covered with sludge and mud, -chilled by the wind and rain, driving home to their objective and for many, to the judgment seat of God . . . I do not know the dignity of their birth, but I do know the glory of their death. They died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in their hearts, and on their lips the hope that we would go on to victory. Always for them: Duty, honor, country. Always their blood, and sweat, and tears, as they saw the way and the light, and the truth. And 20 years after, on the other side of the globe, again the filth of dirty fox- holes, the stench of ghostly trenches, the slime of drip-