A SOLDIER’S PRAYER
By: General George S. Patton II
 
God of our Fathers, who by land and by sea has ever led us on to victory, please continue Your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of our conflicts.
 
Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation, which besets us all in battle, shall not blind me to my duty, to my own manhood, to the glory of my calling and to my responsibility to my fellow soldiers.
 
Grant to our Armed Forces that disciplined valor and mutual confidence which insures success in war. Let me not mourn for the men who have died fighting, but rather let me be glad that such heroes have lived.
 
If it be my lot to die, let me do so with courage and honor in a manner which will bring the greatest harm to the enemy. And please, oh Lord, protect and guide those I shall leave behind.
 
Give us the victory, Lord.