Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty.

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

Americans never quit.