"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.
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