Article: Time to rename king, queen of battle?(infantry)

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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