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In the 7th Cavalry...
we got a captain
from the Ukraine.
Another from Puerto Rico.
We've got Japanese, Chinese...
Blacks, Hispanics,
Cherokee Indians.
Jews and gentiles.
All Americans.
Now, here in the States...
some men in this unit...
may experience discrimination
because of race or creed.
But for you and me now...
all that is gone.
We're moving into the Valley
of the Shadow of Death...
where you will watch
the back of the man next to you...
as he will watch yours.
And you won't care
what color he is...
or by what name he calls God.
They say we're leaving home.
We're going to what home
was always supposed to be.
So let us understand
the situation.
We are going into battle...
against a tough
and determined enemy.
I can't promise you...
that I will bring you
all home alive.
But this I swear--
before you and before
Almighty God--
that when we go into battle...
I will be the first
to set foot on the field...
and I will be
the last to step off.
And I will leave no one behind.
Dead or alive...
we will all come home together.
So help me God.