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Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.
John Keegan
John Keegan
Born: May 15, 1934
Died: Aug 2, 2012

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Veterans Day, Loyalty, Courage, Duty, Others, Soldiers, Compromise, Unrelenting, Absolute, Until, Devotion, Go, Been, Task, Committed, Done, Standards, Letting

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