Men . . . do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. [And] if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.
Source: On an enemy attack, Good-bye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War, 1980.
-- William Manchester, (Apr 1 1922-2004), US historian; He is best known for Death of a President.