老兵不死，只是凋零！

Posted on April 20, 2007 | 人氣：2,072 views | 留言
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「Old soldiers never die, they just fade away」當年麥克阿瑟從韓戰的站場上調回美國時說的。我喜歡這句話，尤其是對照今日「吃相難看」的台灣政治人物，然而，選擇光明或黑暗端看個人選擇，因為，聖經上說：「死後還有審判」。 

繁華落盡，過去的榮耀，不會再現，人世的無奈，不曾嚥斷，激情過後，重返現實，肉體只是表面的消失，但內在的靈魂長在心中！以下擷取麥克阿瑟演說中的一段話和大家分享：

I am closing my fifty years of military service. When I joined the army, even before the turn of the century it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.  And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye. 

我即將結束五十年的軍旅生涯。我從軍是在本世紀開始之前，而這是我童年的希望與夢想的實現。自從我在西點軍校的教練場上宣誓以來，這個世界已經經過多次變化，而我的希望與夢想早已消逝，但我仍記著當時最流行的一首軍歌詞，極為自豪地宣示「老兵不死，只是凋謝」。就像這首歌中的老兵，一位想盡一已之責的老兵，而上帝也賜予光輝使他能看清這一項責任，而我現在結束了軍旅生涯，而逐漸凋謝。再見了！

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