Big Picture: This is the Infantry

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Big Picture: This is the Infantry

DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). What is an Infantryman? For two centuries he has been in the bulwark of our country's defense. From the hardships at Valley Forge, to the 38th Parallel of Korea, the Infantryman has been a fighter--a frontrunner--a man of courage unafraid to meet the enemy head-on, face-to-face in hand to hand combat. At the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, the Infantryman is trained to be resourceful, aggressive and self-reliant. In this issue of THE BIG PICTURE, viewers will get a penetrating look at the making of an Infantryman as he learns what it takes to earn the right to that proud battle cry--I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!