Creed Of The Infantry Soldier
Infantry Emblems ---Old Glory Combat Infantry Badge and Crossed Rifles
I am the Infantry, Queen of Battle! For two centuries I have kept our Nation safe,
Purchasing freedom with my blood. To tyrants, I am the day of reckoning; to the
suppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting is thick, there am
I... I 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...
saw a Nation born. Hardship... and glory I have known. At New Orleans, I fought
beyond the hostile hour, showed the fury of my long rifle... and came of age. I
am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!
Westward I pushed with wagon
trains... moved an empire across the plains... extended freedom's borders and
tamed the wild frontier. I 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
Alamo.
From Bull Run to Appomattox,
I fought and bled. Both Blue and Gray 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 ME!
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, over there." 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 in the 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... In the Pacific, from island
to island I hopped... hit the beaches and chopped through swamp and jungle... I
set the Rising Sun. I am the Infantry!
In Korea, I gathered my
strength around Pusan... swept across the frozen Han... outflanked the Reds at
Inchon... and marched to the Yalu. Withdrew in the face of Chinese hoards in winter's deep freeze and stabilized the line at the 38th guaranteeing freedom's ring to South Korea. FOLLOW ME!
In Vietnam, while others
turned aside, I fought the longest fight, from the Central Highlands to the
South China Sea I patrolled the jungle, the paddies and the sky in the bitter
test that belongs to the Infantry. FOLLOW ME!
Around the world, I stand...
ever forward. Over Lebanon's sands, my rifle steady aimed... and calm returned.
At Berlin's gates, I scorned the Wall of Shame. I spanned the Caribbean in
freedom's cause, answered humanity's call. I trod the streets of Santo Domingo
to protect the innocent. In Grenada, I jumped at Salinas, and proclaimed freedom
for all. My arms set a Panamanian dictator to flight and once more raised
democracy's flag, In the Persian Gulf, I drew the line in the desert, called the
tyrant's bluff and restored right and freedom in 100 hours. Duty called, I
answered. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!
My bayonet... on the wings
of power... keeps the peace worldwide. And despots, falsely garbed in freedom's
mantle, falter... hide. My ally in the paddies and the forest... Where brave men fight...
there fight I. In freedom's cause... I live, I die. From Concord Bridge to
Heartbreak Ridge, from the Arctic to the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam, to the
Caribbean... and onward to the Pursian Gulf... the Queen of Battle!
Always ready... then, now,
and forever.
~ I am the Infantry ~ ~ FOLLOW ME! ~
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AN ARMY OF ONE!
Revised: 01/28/2006
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