 was to have been make time but I think I'm going to depart from my prepared sermon while I was listening to the sergeant solo I kept looking up at our service flag I was thinking of the men in service I see some of them here this morning Private Robert Sergeant Jackson Lieutenant Carter and um um Private Park first class first class is right I was over at the USO the other night and I met somebody I hadn't seen in quite a long time the last time I saw this man well one of my members treated me to a ticket to Yankee Stadium to see Joe Lewis versus Max Maylee Perkins fist won a victory but it wasn't the final victory no that victory is going to take a little longer and a whole lot more American faith now those two men that were matched in the ring that night are matched again this time in a far greater arena and for much greater states matched Maylee a paratrooper in the not the army men turned into machines challenging the world Joe Lewis training for the fight of his life this time it's a fight not between man and man but between nation and nation it's a fight for the real championship of the world to determine which way of life shall survive their way or our way and this time we must see to it that there is no return engagement for the stakes this time are the greatest men have ever fought for and what are the stakes the American state the Bible of the not the gospel according to Hitler I'm not going to read all of this but there are one or two things in this book that will interest you I quote what is denied to us the German fist must take if our forefathers had made their decisions by the same pacifist nonsense as the present day does we would possess for a third of our existing territory further he says from time to time the illustrated papers show how a negro has become a lawyer a teacher perhaps even a minister it never dawns on the degenerate middle class America that this is truly a sin against all reasons that it is criminal madness to train a born half ape until one believes one has made a lawyer of him this book was written 20 years ago the plan which it foreshadowed has become a reality and the Nazis now instruct their disciples in terms such as these we must strive by any means to conquer the world any methods are permissible lie betray kill kill and kill again kill the sloths the russians the poll check don't stop whether you have an old man a woman a girl or boy kill we want to create our great german empire we must exterminate everybody who stands against us the liberty of the whole earth depends on the outcome of this contest americans have always guarded liberty the sea took root in boston in that city is the granary burial ground 1660 within this ground are buried the victims of the boston massacre march bit 1770 the first to die in the boston massacre was christmas addicts long as freedoms cause the wise contend dear to our country shall your fame extend while to the world the lettered stone shall tell were called well addicts gray and maverick fell at conquer bridge sam france john ferret helped to fire the shopper around the world at bunker hill on june 17 1775 gungalong to peter sale a colored man who carried it at next evening conquer and bunker hill and with its shot major pitcar and on christmas day 1776 when all but the bravest hearts had lost hope prince wibble took his place alongside those who pushed on in the winter of 78 at valley forge george washington wrote our soldiers have been a week without food they are naked and starved we cannot enough to admire their unshakable patience and loyalty here samuel hain play them for thousands of others left their bleeding footprints in the snow in this war the people of the new world won their independence they joined hands and 13 colonies became the united states then the people of the new republic began to fill together big pioneers and together they made territories into states by 1812 a wilderness was becoming a great nation third admiral perry's immortal words we have met the enemy and they are ours when general jackson said sleep on our soil thomas wilson was there 61 government of the people by the people all the people shall not perish from this earth call us toward none with charity for all then america began to rebuild at santiago cuba the 1910s cavalry the 24th and 25th infantry added to their long record new medals of courage and gallant i'm jim after we cleaned up in cuba we went on with building factories cities everything as for me well i went to panama here for a little job a little job connecting the atlantic and pacific a little job near marseille the 332nd labor battalion and the 800th pioneer regiment near verdant the 8th illinois on the swanson front at bucey farm here for 191 days the first in truth to receive the far to gear the 369th should above and beyond the call of duty many received honored medals when they cleaned up in france the boys came marching home killed the poor and captured 28 germans for which the french nation decorated them for exceptional bravery and there were those among the honored at arlington samuel washington wall to waters william fox john sims young charles young colonel united states army and to their memory sermons and stone and bronze tributes of a grateful nation to commemorate their heroism and sacrifice of all colored soldiers who served in the various wars engaged in by the united states of america that a lasting record shall be made of their unselfish devotion to duty usually formed the french people erected a memorial to the 371st infantry this stone in the ground on which it stands are dedicated to the negro troops who fort and died here on april 21st 1918 23 years later on june the 15th 1941 and invading german army the nazis destroyed our monuments in france but our monuments here stand them will always stand the founder of tuskegee institute brook or t washington 1856 1915 he lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry the late george washington carver honored in the chemistry of agriculture and the men and women building the monuments of tomorrow law elected judge of new york city courts serving his second 10-year term explore the only other american with admiral perry when our flag was planted on the north pole medicine leading new york city surgeon father of the blues sear and publisher contributing to the war bond drive education principle of a new york city public school schoenberg collection of literature international prize-winning sculpture singer windows of the world are getting ready to admire germany led to the four corners of the earth men of every faith have helped to nourish it and to sow its seed in new ground all men stand in admiration of it except in these militaries but not know of the crimes of these adventures men and children have been shot every branch of the service artillery boys in the infantry he's up there bottom rule i got a letter from him last night he's an officer robert did he get to be an officer yes he said so right here dear mama at last it's happened i'm an officer lieutenant robert a brunson infantry don't it sound good of course i haven't got my bars yet but i'm on my way to officers candidate school for four months and if i pass the examination and graduate and get my commission i'll be an officer now i can do it mama if i could go through those first 13 weeks the way i did i can go through anything that morning at the railroad depot i didn't know which side was up but misery sure loves company when i said goodbye to you i was laughing but i wasn't tickled but i wasn't tickled in place in the middle of no emotion center here at this camp we're glad to welcome you here today and into the united states army we're glad to see all of your happy smiling faces our fellows during the few days that you'll be with us here at this camp you'll be converted from a civilian into a full fledged soldier you'll be interviewed by someone who'll inquire into your past life before you came into the army you were assisted a machine on the construction of guns and gun parts that's right what machines did you operate operate boring mills tool binders drill presses planes and but i don't want to give you the impression that it's only for religious services and advice that you can come to the chapter you can come to him at any time for example if you get in trouble with your girlfriend she doesn't write to anymore you want to know how to propose why just come see the chaplain and he'll give you some advice or if you get in trouble with your first side if you want to know how to handle him just come around and see the chaplain and he'll give you some advice or if you're financially embarrassed by that simple too just come around and see the chapter and he'll give you some advice now chaplain Sherman has just told you how to get along in this man's army it's my painful duty to tell you what will happen to you if you don't get along regarding the salute man it isn't a form of civility it's merely a form of recognition used between members of the military service the average man when he first learns the salute is awkward the strange gesture to him and he feels shy he usually sneaks his hand up in this manner and gives the broken handed salute although his eyes gently like a shy maiden and the salute's like that when you salute an officer stand erect like a soldier bring your hand up to your forehead in a military manner tip of the forefinger above the center of the right eye and make sure your thumb is alongside your hand because it is out here they may misconstrue it then cut the hand garbage at the side don't let it drop down like a dead fish sit down put your feet in the machine one hour on a ten and a half day and I'll now pick up both weights put the weights back sit down and put the shoes on and go in the next room all right men stripped down completely put every piece of civilian building a shoe half into that bag now when you're completely stripped and have everything into that bag put on a set of summer underwear a pair of shorts a pair of white woolen socks all right now you're trying your green herring bones for tig hat first that's the green hat with a brim eye dry it on if it fits place it into your barracks bag now don't mind if it's a little loose but I made it all of us made it they put us through so many twists and turns we didn't know whether we were coming or going but Uncle Sam did we were going he put us on the train that same afternoon for the replacement center we kept passing trains going back and forth all over the country we finally arrived at a place called military secret this much I can tell you it was cold and even before we had a chance to throw out they had us in the school of the soldier the sergeant gave it to us straight to sleep in that bed you're making you wear them clothes you're washing you walk on that floor you're cleaning there's no service here you understand that and I bet right now mama I can make a bed better than you can but before I had a chance but before I had a chance to get the bed warm there I was in the beginning the new hands were all feet give a tent pitchy shot of the night but you get used to it and if you can't take it they got doctors some of the best in the country specialist in every field and in our dental clinic we have a wedge but even so this is one kind of drilling no soldier likes but after all the making beds and peeling potatoes and drilling and marching they give you a rifle and teach you to shoot it in no time at all I could hit the broad side of a bomb it was fun it's not all worth there's football baseball and oh yes ping pong if you want to read you want to read there's a library can you imagine me listening to poetry but it came in good the very next day I got a chance to use it we were sent on a detail to a nearby camp I saw some soldiering that was beautiful to behold about the wax because these girls have forgotten more about jeeps and trucks than he'll ever know carpalino carpet Saturday night just the right size and everything just the time you like but in the army man proposes and gi disposes and the next morning I was after who can stand up against a strong ending and beat him to the draw and after a hard week a soldier welcomes a Sunday this morning I have a gi report I think you'll all be interested in this is an official statement from the war department in the present world war they are more than five times as many men with high school education in our armed forces than were in world war one this has meant an increase in officer candidates official figures tell us in the present war they are three times as many colored officers as in world war one from a score of different schools many have earned their commissions and taken their place alongside those who come from any one of the hundreds of rotc schools and the greatest of all military institutions west point me I'll be wearing an officer's uniform ready to get in there and get this war over with that's a promise your loving son Robert thank you Mrs. Bronson that's a promise millions of Americans have made thousands have put it into action in every camp men are getting their final workout at Tuskegee more pilots are earning their wings combat flyers taking their place at the controls of our fighter planes what these will get in black brown yellow and white men all Americans land on the airfields in Berlin and Tokyo in the far north seasoned soldiers are toughening themselves for they know that in a fight against all that is evil truth must be ready ready to strike hard and often no waiting for weather or temperature any weather can be good weather any temperature can be right when men know the meaning of their jobs and are determined to get it done come what may bellboy school teaches farmers are today soldiers in a modern army tankmen gunners radio operators and motor mechanics every man's school is in the meaning of teamwork every man's qualified to replace any of his teammates at any time every man ready to do his share ready to build bridges highway railroad ports and landing fields the quartermaster who moves troops and supplies who provides food fuel and clothing the man who supplied the means of communication telegraph telephone and radio the cavalry ready to patrol scout to begin to win the final victory over germany and japan our blows must be dealt harder and faster there can be no let up in the floor of supplies more and more food equipment and ammunition must reach our troops in the battle area through the swamps of the south pacific the rivers of europe build them in record grant that we may with your health so that government of the people shall not perish from this earth