The motto of the US Army's 15th Infantry Regiment is "Can Do". I believe that it dates from the Regiment's participation in China's Boxer War. In 1972, I was the Weapons Platoon Leader of C Co., 2nd Bn., 15th Inf. The Regiment was then part of the 3rd Infantry Division. The 1st Bn., 15th Inf. was stationed at Harvey Barracks, Kitzingen, Bavaria, Germany. The 2d Bn., 15th Inf., was stationed at Wildflecken, which had the dubious distinction of having been the ski training camp of the Waffen SS during WWII. Wildflecken was at the time a training area for the US Army, which sat atop a hill a mere 14 kilometers from the East German border.

The 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry, was commanded at the time by LTC Bill McCaffrey, who named it the "Top of the Rock" Battalion. Our Battalion XO was the legendary MAJ Serge Demyanenko, who had succeeded in gaining paratrooper designation badges from many allied countries, including Vietnam. Charlie Company's commander was CPT David G. O'Connor, from VMI. His XO was 1LT Ed Summey, from Tennessee.

Thank you for the quote Sir.