US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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United States Army Trainin Center, Infantry Fort Dix, N.J. IAM THE INFANTfRY i I am the Infantry - Queen of Battle! For two centuries I have kept our Nation safe, purchasing freedom with my blood. To ty- rants. I am the day of reckoning: to the suppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting is thick, there am I ... I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME! l was there from the beginning, meeting the enemy face to face, will to will. My bleeding feet stained the snow at Valley Forge: my frozen hands pulled Washington across the Delaware. At Yorktown, the sunlight glinted from the sword and I, begrimed and battered . . , sawa Nation born, Hardship . .. and glory l have known. At New Orleans, l fought beyond the hostile hour, showed the fury of my long rifle... and came of age. I am the Infantry! Westward I pushed with wagon trains ... moved an empire across the plains . ., extended freedom's borders and tamed the wild frontier. l am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME! I was with Scott at Vera Cruz . ., hunted the guerrilla in the mountain passes ... and scaled the high plateau. The fighting was done when I ended my march many miles from the old Ala- mo. From Bull Run to Appomattox, I fought and bled. Both Blue and Grey were my colors then. Two masters I served and united them strong . .. proved that this nation could right a wrong . ., and long endure. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW NIE! I led the charge up San Juan Hill ... scaled the walls of old Tientsin ... and stalked the Moro in the steaming jungle still .., always the vanguard. I am the Infantry! At Chateau-Thierry. first over the top, then I stood like a rock on the Marne. It was I who cracked the Hindenburg Line ... in the Argonne, I broke the Kaiser's spine . .. and didn't come back 'till it was over, overthere. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME! A generation older at Bataan, I briefly bowed, but then I vowed to return. Assaulted the African shore ... learned my lesson the hard way inthe desert sands ... pressed my buttons into the beach at Anzio ... and bounced into Rome with determination and resolve. I am the Infantry! The English channel, stout beach defenses and the hedgerows could not hold me ... I broke out to St Lo, unbent the Bulge... vaulted the Rhine ... and swarmed the Heartland. Hitler's dream and the Third Reich were dead. In the Pacific, from island to island l hopped ... hit the beach- es and chopped through swamp and jungle .,. I set the Rising Sun. I am the Infantry! ln Korea, I gathered my strength around Pusan swept across the frozen Han ... outflanked the Reds at lnchon ... and marched to the Yalu. FOLLOW ME! Around the world, I stand . .. ever forward. Over Lebanon's sands, my rifle steady aimed ... and calm returned. At BerIin's gate, I scorned the Wall of Shame. I am the Infantry! My bayonet ... on the wings of power ... keeps the peace worldwide. And despots, falsely garbed in freedom's mantle, fal- ter ... hide. My ally in the paddies and the forest ... I teach, I aid, I lead. FOLLOW ME! Where brave men fight . . . there fight I. ln freedom's cause . .. I die. From Concord Bridge to Heartbreak Ridge, from the Arctic to the Mekong . . . the Queen of Battle! Always ready .., then, now and forever. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME! BASIC COMBAT TRAINING All Rights Reserved, Military Division American Yearbook Company, Topeka, Kansas