"Look around you. In the 7th Calvary, we got a captain from the Ukraine. Another from Puerto Rico. We've got Japanese and Chinese. Blacks, Hispanics, Cherokee Indians. Jews and gentiles. All Americans. Now, here in the states, some men in this unit may experience discrimination because of race or creed, but for you and me now, all of that is gone. We're moving into the Valley of the Shadow of Death where you will watch the back of the man next to you as he will watch yours, and you won't care what color he is or by what name he calls God. They say we're leaving home. We're going to what home was always supposed to be, so let us understand the situation. We are going into battle, against a tough and determined enemy. I can't promise you that I'll bring you all home alive, but this I swear- that when we go into battle, I'll be the first to set foot on the field, and I'll be the last to step off, and I will leave no one behind, dead or alive. We will all come home together. So help me God."
