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The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die they just fade away.

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Douglas MacArthur
Age: 84 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 26
Died: 1964
Died: April 5
Military Officer
Little Rock
Arkansas
General Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur
D. MacArthur
Remember
West
Refrain
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Took
Oath
Many
Since
Fades
Never
Dies
Soldiers
World
Point
Plain
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Soldier
Proudly
Away
Popular
Ballads
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Fade

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