"Hope I am not disappointing your first expectations. I owe you both more than I can ever repay, for being the best parents a soldier ever had. I could never begin to hank you enough for all of the opportunities you've both given me. You've never disappointed me in anything I ever wanted or asked for and I'm not too spoiled, am I? . . . I hate to say it, but I didn't realize fully how fortunate I was at home and how much having an education really meant to me until I joined the Army. . . I won't let you down. Here's a kiss for you, Mother, and a salute to you, Lt., from Pvt. Jr." Charles Haynes was featured in Fields of Battle by Brian Curtis as a football player from Duke University and an enlisted member of the Army who fought in WWII. This quote was in the great book, Fields of Battle by Brian Curtis.
"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect." Henry Brooks Adams - Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to th3e United Kingdom.
"One thing you can give and still keep is your word." Howard Rasmussen (More information is needed about Howard Rasmussen.)
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