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Article: Time to rename king, queen of battle?(infantry)
- Article from:
- Infantry Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 U.S. Army Infantry School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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I must begin by stating that I have had my start in this great Army as an infantryman. My birth took place on the training fields of Fort Benning, Ga. I stood on one of those fields during graduation day in the summer heat, proud of my blue infantry cord that now wove around my shoulder. During this baptismal ceremony, I remember the infantry being referred to as the "Queen of Battle." I have to affirm now that I never liked that title. No one wants to be second; no fighting man wishes to be affiliated with feminine overtones. Truly it would be better to be king.
I was informed that day that our artillery held this lofty position. Those cannon cockers were the ...
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