I am the Infantry--Queen of Battle! For two centuries I have kept our
Nation safe, Purchasing freedom with my blood. To tyrants, I am the day of
reckoning; to the suppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting
is thick, there am II am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I was there from the beginning, meeting the enemy face to face, will to
will. My bleeding feet stained the snow at Valley Forge; my frozen hands
pulled Washington across the Delaware. At Yorktown, the sunlight glinted
from the sword and I, begrimed...Saw a Nation born. Hardship and glory I have
known. At New Orleans, I fought beyond the hostile hour, showed the fury of
my long rifle and came of age. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

Westward I pushed with wagon trains...moved an empire across the
plains...extended freedom's borders and tamed the wild frontier. I am the
Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I was with Scott at Vera Cruz...hunted the guerrilla in the mountain
passes...and scaled the high plateau. The fighting was done when I ended my
march many miles from the old Alamo.

From Bull Run to Appomattox, I fought and bled. Both Blue and Gray were my
colors then. Two masters I served and united them strong...proved that this
nation could right a wrong...and long endure. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I led the charge up San Juan Hill...scaled the walls of old Tientsin...and
stalked the Moro in the steaming jungle still...always the vanguard, I am the
Infantry!

At Chateau-Thierry, first over the top, then I stood like a rock on the
Marne. It was I who cracked the Hindenburg Line...in the Argonne, I broke the
Kaiser's spine...and didn't come back 'till it was "over, over there." I am
the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

A generation older at Bataan, I briefly bowed, but then I vowed to return.
Assaulted the African shore...learned my lesson the hard way in the desert
sands...pressed my buttons into the beach at Anzio...and bounced into Rome with
determination and resolve. I am the Infantry!

The English channel, stout beach defenses and the hedgerows could not hold
me...I broke out at St. Lo, unbent the Bulge...vaulted the Rhine...and swarmed
the Heartland. Hitler's dream and the Third Reich were dead.

In the Pacific, from island to island...hit the beaches and chopped through
swamp and jungle...I set the Rising Sun. I am the Infantry!

In Korea, I gathered my strength around Pusan...swept across the frozen
Han...outflanked the Reds at Inchon...and marched to the Yalu. FOLLOW ME!

In Vietnam, while others turned aside, I fought the longest fight, from the
Central Highlands to the South China Sea I patrolled the jungle, the
paddies and the sky in the bitter test that belongs to the Infantry. FOLLOW
ME!

Around the world, I stand...ever forward. Over Lebanon's sands, my rifle
steady aimed...and calm returned. At Berlin's gates, I scorned the Wall of
Shame. I spanned the Caribbean in freedom's cause, answered humanity's
call. I trod the streets of Santo Domingo to protect the innocent. In
Grenada, I jumped at Salinas, and proclaimed freedom for all. My arms set a
Panamanian dictator to flight and once more raised democracy's flag. In the
Persian Gulf, I drew the line in the desert, called the tyrant's bluff and
restored right and freedom in 100 hours. Duty called, I answered. I am the
Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

My bayonet...on the wings of power keeps the peace worldwide. And despots,
falsely garbed in freedom's mantle, falter...hide. My ally in the paddies and
the forest...I teach, I aid, I lead. FOLLOW ME!

Where brave men fight...there fight I. In freedom's cause...I live, I die. From
Concord Bridge to Heartbreak Ridge, from the Arctic to the Mekong, to the
Caribbean...the Queen of Battle!
Always ready...then, now, and forever.