Tungkulin, Dangal, Bayan (Duty, Honor, Country)

Tungkulin, Dangal Bayan

(Duty Honor Country)

“On May 12, 1962, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, age 82, delivered his farewell address to the cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

In accepting the school's Sylvanus Thayer Medal for outstanding service to his country, MacArthur organized his speech around the sacred motto of West Point: “Duty, Honor, Country.”

“….Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn…”

This podcast is the Tagalog translation of that speech.

Excerpt:

“…. Subalit heto ang ilan sa kanilang mga isasagawa: Pa ...