About 70 years ago this month President Roosevelt personally directed that a special Infantry Regimental Combat Team be formed.
Much of the history of the United States has been written in a flag waving style. It tells Americans of their glorious past and their heroic forefathers and stirs up their patriotic adrenalin juices. To their credit, they are openly proud of their country, their flag, their National Anthem and their heritage.
History records few places in the world where soldiers on both sides of a cruel and deadly civil war are treated equally as heroes. A nation and a people so diverse and competitive - yet so singly focused on the pride they have in their country and its institutions.