Hal Moore Quotes
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Hate war, but love the American Warrior.
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A leader must realize his subordinate leaders will be killed or wounded. He must prepare and train other leaders to step up and take over. He, himself, must train his next-in-line to take command in event he is killed, wounded, or evacuated.
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Leaders at all levels must know their stuff, be dead honest, have unquestioned personal integrity, set the example, and treat their people “fair and square.
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A quarter-century later, General Norm Schwarzkopf would date the birth of his famous hot temper to those days, when he begged and pleaded on the radio for someone to evacuate his wounded South Vietnamese soldiers, while American helicopters fluttered by without stopping.
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Leaders stay informed of current events, and they should anticipate challenges based on those events.
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No job is ever “beneath” you. In whatever you do, do it to the best of your abilities
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Thus, a leader’s task is to develop their subordinates’ will along with their skill. This begins with realistic training with consistent standards.
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To be a leader, you must be willing to be a lifelong learner.
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Don’t complain to your boss. He wants solutions; not just problems.
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Put the welfare of your troops above your own. They eat before you eat; they sleep before you sleep.
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Oh, my dear. My young wife. When the troops come home after the victory, and you do not see me, please look at the proud colors. You will see me there, and you will feel warm under the shadow of the bamboo tree.
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No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.