We Were Soldiers, Reading IV

The Warrior Ethos is for us and all US Army Warriors, a reminder of what is important. There are four things that we should always (or never) do. In this reading, the easiest and most clear example of a soldier that embodies this, and I think my fellow cadets will agree with me, is Crandell. Running in and out, through incredible danger to self, he brings more soldiers in to the battle and evacuates casualties. That sentence alone sums up all for points of the ethos. No thoughts of surrender, he never quits, he places the mission first by bringing these men into battle and never leaves a fallen comrade, taking back the casualties. This man is a hero in every sense of the word, and the entire mission depends on him.