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General Douglas MacArthur: [to the U.S. Congress] I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day... that "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away. An old solider who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye!
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But I still remember the refrain
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of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day
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which proclaimed most proudly that
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Old soldiers never die
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they just fade away
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Like the old soldier of that ballad
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I now close my military career
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and just fade away
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an old soldier
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who tried to do his duty
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as God
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gave him the light to see that duty
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Good bye
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Movie Summary
Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.
