Old soldiers never die; they only fade away
A line from a song popular among soldiers in Britain in World War I.
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Note
This proverb became particularly famous when General Douglas MacArthur quoted it after being relieved of his command in the Korean War.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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