64 Years Later, MacArthur’s 3-Word Speech at West Point Is Still the Best Definition of a Soldier Ever Given

64 Years Later, MacArthur’s 3-Word Speech at West Point Is Still the Best Definition of a Soldier Ever Given

The three words were the Academy's motto, not his — what he brought to them was the century's most spectacular military life: the first father-son Medal of Honor, the promise kept at Leyte, the shogun years, Inchon at 70, the firing by Truman, and the 'final roll call' delivered without notes at 82.