Golden Gate in '48 - Story of the 161st Infantry

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The sound of marching feet alweys echoes the rise and fall of empires.

From time immemorial the victor in war has been

symbolized by the foot soldier, he who with a steel weapon in his hand, challenges his enemy to beve and to hold a square yard of mud covered ground. army "the Doughboy".

He is affectionately called in our

He plods and groans, sweats and toils,

growls and curses end in the end dies, UDknown, uncomplaining with faith in his heart and on his lips e prayer for victory. He passes on in anonmity, except for his loved ones. those of us who

know~,

But for

we revere end bless the name of "DoughboY"•

DOUGLAS A. MAC ARTHUR


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