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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
"WOODY" HAYES
M a r c h .WT, 1986
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G r a d u a t e s , M r . P r e s i d e n t , f a c u l t y members, f r i e n d s a n d
f a m i l i e s o f t h e g r a d u a t e s who h a v e d o n e s o much o f s a c r i f i c e , s o
much t o make t h i s
possible.
T o d a y i s t h e g r e a t e s t d a y o f my
And,
Mr. P r e s i d e n t , y o u h a v e c e r t a i n l y h e l p e d t o make i t
t h a t way.
talk
life.
I appreciate
i t s o much t o g e t t o come h e r e a n d g e t t o
t o a g r a d u a t i n g c l a s s a t t h e Ohio S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , t h e
g r e a t , g r e a t u n i v e r s i t y t h a t you and I have.
good
j o b today i t ' l l
o f t e n do t h a t
appreciative
I would
be because
i n a contest.
I clutched
and y o u don't v e r y
B u t I am s o g r a t e f u l
t o be here today I c a n ' t t e l l
like
And i f I d o n ' t do a
and so
y o u how much.
t o s t a r t out w i t h something
I have used
with
a l m o s t e v e r y s p e e c h and t h a t i s , p a y i n g f o r w a r d , p a y i n g f o r w a r d .
And
that
i sthe thing
t h a t you f o l k s w i t h your g r e a t e d u c a t i o n
f r o m h e r e c a n do f o r t h e r e s t o f y o u r
I
Jim
was s o h a p p y t h e o t h e r d a y when I saw i n t h e p a p e r
about
L a c h e y who p l a y e d h e r e a y e a r ago a n d comes b a c k a f t e r o n e
year of p r o f e s s i o n a l
six
life.
figures,
football
i n s i xfigures.
to give
a gift
And what he s a i d
g r e a t e d u c a t i o n h e r e and I g o t t o p l a y g r e a t
B r u c e and under
a great
to the u n i v e r s i t y i n
football
was, " I r e c e i v e d a
football
under
s y s t e m h e r e , " a n d he s a i d , " I
w a n t t o h e l p some o t h e r y o u n g s t e r t o do t h e same t h i n g . "
take that a t t i t u d e
because
so seldom
toward l i f e ,
Coach
I f you
t h a t you're g o i n g t o pay f o r w a r d ,
c a n we p a y b a c k b e c a u s e
/
t h o s e , your p a r e n t s and
those people w i l l
b e g o n e , b u t y o u do w a n t t o p a y .
something
to say about t h a t .
seldom."
B u t he s a i d ,
pay
line
for line,
He s a i d , " Y o u c a n p a y b a c k
"You c a n a l w a y s
better
T h a t was E m e r s o n ' s a t t i t u d e
I might.mention
who a r e a l r e a d y p a y i n g
in
i n your
He
palm o r i t w i l l
and no one p u t i t
football
h i s 60s.
a couple o f p e o p l e , J i m Lachey
forward.
p l a y e r of ours
actually
f r o m New P h i l a d e l p h i a
He h a d b e e n i n t h e M a r i n e
passed
away
C o r p s d u r i n g t h e war a n d
hisoutfit
t h a t made a d i f f e r e n c e on h i m .
coaching—he
i s one,
Two weeks ago i n M i c h i g a n a
on O k i n a w a t h e r e w e r e o n l y 30 f r o m
that survived.
And
B e c a u s e he came b a c k t o
was a g r e a t c o a c h — h i s name was J a c k C a s t i g n o l a .
sent h i s son here
a s one o f o u r q u a r t e r b a c k s .
won n i n e c h a m p i o n s h i p
undefeated
seasons.
B u t he d i d s o m e t h i n g
Of t h e h u n d r e d s he h a d o n h i s s q u a d s o f f o o t b a l l
players,
126 w e n t o n t o c o l l e g e .
t h a t was h i s way o f p a y i n g
He
An J a c k C a s t i g n o l a
bigger.
and
said,
t h a n he d i d .
And
former
only
p a y f o r w a r d and y o u must
deed f o r d e e d , and c e n t f o r c e n t . "
"Beware o f t o o much g o o d a c c u m u l a t i n g
fast corrupt."
Emerson had
126 p l a y e r s w e n t o n t o c o l l e g e
forward.
We had a g r e a t d e a n o f a g r i c u l t u r e h e r e by t h e name o f Roy
K o t t m a n n , who r e t i r e d
a c o u p l e o f y e a r s ago.
r e t i r e m e n t , he a n d I w e r e h a v i n g
C l u b and I s a i d ,
"Oh," he s a i d ,
l u n c h one d a y i n t h e F a c u l t y
"Roy, how d i d y o u h a p p e n t o go t o Iowa S t a t e ? "
" I was w o r k i n g
back i n t h e d e p r e s s i o n f o r $1.50 a
day
pumping g a s and I c o u l d n ' t s a v e
old
man
you w i l l
And a t h i s
a n y money."
B u t he s a i d a n
i n t h a t c o m m u n i t y i n Iowa came t o h i m and s a i d ,
go t o Iowa S t a t e , I ' l l p a y y o u r
2
tuition."
"Roy,
i f
So he s a i d ,
"I
w e n t t o Iowa S t a t e , w o r k e d f o r my
room and b o a r d
and
g r a d u a t e d , went i n t o s e r v i c e , came b a c k , g o t my m a s t e r s
d o c t o r s , went t o West V i r g i n i a
t h e n he s a i d he came t o O h i o
In
a s dean o f t h e i r
State.
On t o p o f t h a t he g r a d u a t e d
thousands
t h a t he h e l p e d t o f e e d h u n g r y
b e c a u s e t h a t o l d man
Iowa S t a t e , I ' l l
back
pay your
You know, I m i g h t
afford
do i t .
You c a n n o t
feel
That's
sorry
you
apart.
other
And i n f o o t b a l l we a l w a y s
team c a n ' t b e a t u s .
ourselves."
they don't
paying
forward.
One t h i n g
you
for yourself.
for yourself
l e a d s t o d r u g s , what l e a d s to a l c o h o l ,
the world.A l l
advice today.
bit.
sorry
On t o p o f
" R o y , i f y o u ' l l go t o
g i v e you a l i t t l e
to ever d o — t h a t ' s t o f e e l
23 y e a r s .
of youngsters.
i n Iowa s a i d ,
tuition."
I'll try
cannot
You c a n ' t
because t h a t ' s
what
to those t h i n g s that
said
that,
"Hell,
tear
that
We h a v e t o be s u r e t h a t we d o n ' t
And t h a t ' s w h a t a p e r s o n h a s t o d o , t o o — m a k e
beat themselves.
and
food p r o d u c t i o n i n Ohio.
mouths a l l over
n o t t o g i v e t o o much, j u s t a l i t t l e
ag c o l l e g e , "
And he was h e r e
t h o s e 23 y e a r s he v i r t u a l l y d o u b l e d
and my
And i t t a k e s an a w f u l b i g man
beat
sure
to
beat you.
So many t i m e s y o u h a v e f o u n d h e r e a t t h e u n i v e r s i t y ( I ' v e
found
i t a l l t h e way t h r o u g h c o l l e g e and e v e r y t h i n g e l s e ) ,
found
people
smarter
t h a n I was.
I found
them i n f o o t b a l l
b i g g e r , that c o u l d run f a s t e r , c o u l d block harder.
smarter people than I .
They w e r e
B u t y o u know w h a t t h e y c o u l d n ' t do?
c o u l d n ' t out-work
me.
coaches
a g a i n s t who had a much b e t t e r b a c k g r o u n d
did,
I coached
They c o u l d n ' t o u t - w o r k
knew a l o t more f o o t b a l l
than
I've
me.
They
And I r a n i n t o
than I
I d i d , b u t t h e y c o u l d n ' t work
as
long
as I c o u l d .
could.
had
to
They c o u l d n ' t
stick
B e c a u s e my h e a l t h was g o o d .
a wonderful
i n there
I was g i v e n
w i f e who w o u l d p u t up w i t h
that.
as l o n g
as I
good h e a l t h .
I
She a l l o w e d
me
s t a y and w o r k .
And
I had a g r e a t , g r e a t
was no one who e v e r
football
players
a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h my c o a c h e s .
had b e t t e r p e o p l e t h a n
and we o u t - w o r k e d them.
g e t b e a t was i f we g o t a l i t t l e
right,
our
I did.
Or b e t t e r
The o n l y way we w o u l d
fatheaded,
i f we d i d n ' t
i f we had d i s s e n t i o n o n t h e s q u a d , i f we d i d n ' t
purpose i n l i f e .
There
train
recognize
Those a r e t h e p e o p l e you win w i t h .
Now, Mr. B a r t h a l o w ,
e x c u s e me f o r e n d i n g
that sentence
with
a preposition.
Mr.
Barthalow,
teacher.
History
i n j u n i o r h i g h , was my h i s t o r y and E n g l i s h
Guess what I m a j o r e d
and E n g l i s h .
i n when I went t o c o l l e g e .
He,was t h e b e s t
so h o n o r e d t o h a v e h i m h e r e t o d a y .
wife
and t h o s e
your p a r e n t s
family
life
i s unbelievable.
former f o o t b a l l
Right
And t o h a v e my s i s t e r a n d my
I t ' s unbelievable.
I was up a t W o r t h i n g t o n S t e e l a t a b i g p a r t y and
players lined
s e t me down and h e r e e l e v e n
up t h e r e
And do y o u know what t h e y
been m a r r i e d
wife.
once.
Once.
here a t t h i s great
a l l had i n common?
And t h e y
You w i l l
university.
f i n d men
of our
and I t o o k a l o o k a t a l l
They had
a l l had c h i l d r e n by t h a t
And do y o u know where m o s t o f t h o s e
important.
had a n d I am
h e r e t o d a y who h a v e meant s o much t o y o u b e c a u s e a
t h e y g o t me a c h a i r and t h e y
all
I ever
p e o p l e h e r e j u s t t h e same a s y o u ' r e h a p p y t o h a v e
L a s t summer
o f them.
teacher
w i v e s came
Right here.
who a r e s u c c e s s f u l .
from?
But t h a t
i s so
Get married
and
stay married
married
think
later.
to that lady.
And I t a l k
I worry
to g i r l s
I want t o have c h i l d r e n . "
"How d i d y o u g e t h e r e ? "
about people
getting
and t h e y s a y , " W e l l , I d o n ' t
Y o u know what I s a y t o them?
But t h a t f a m i l y
i s so
enormously
important.
I'm g o i n g
to
tell
to t e l l
a story
I shouldn't t e l l .
i t about t h e g r e a t e s t graduate
i n your
now.
R i g h t now.
asked
h i s m o t h e r o v e r a week a g o , I s a i d ,
carrying
did
They d o n ' t
y o u know he was g o i n g
Mike Lanese.
She s a i d ,
"When I w o u l d t e l l
him, they would l a u g h . "
l a u g h now.
I talked
right
I
"When d i d y o u r e a l i z e
t o be o u t s t a n d i n g ? "
h i m . " And s h e s a i d ,
when I was c a r r y i n g
now.
university
About a Rhodes S c h o l a r w i n n e r ,
t h i s young man was g o i n g
was
B u t I'm g o i n g
people
They d o n ' t
to h i s dad.
t o be a g r e a t a t h l e t e ? "
"When I
laugh
I said,
He
that
"When
said,
" W e l l , b y t h e t i m e he was i n t h e s e v e n t h g r a d e
he was c o m i n g
along p h y s i c a l l y .
t o be a g o o d o n e .
B u t , " he s a i d ,
" I found
seventh grade."
coaching
your
You c o u l d t e l l
good f a m i l y .
out something
He s a i d ,
instruction
he was g o i n g
" I found
e l s e when he was i n t h e
o u t he was l i s t e n i n g
and t h e i n s t r u c t i o n
we g a v e h i m . "
to h i s
There's
As I s a y , w i t h g o o d p e o p l e , a n d t h i s g o e s a l l
t h e way b a c k t o my g r a n d m o t h e r and a l l t h e way down t h e l i n e , s h e
didn't
She
tell
said,
my d a d , "Now y o u g o t o t h e s t u d y t a b l e . "
" I ' l l meet y o u a t t h e s t u d y t a b l e . "
y o u r g o o d p a r e n t s and y o u r
talking
now a b o u t a l l o f t h i s t u t o r i n g
were d o i n g
football
good t e a c h e r s a r e .
t h a t 35 y e a r s a g o .
y o u need
No, n o .
And t h a t ' s w h e r e
Hell,
they're
forathletes.
S u r e , b e c a u s e I d i d n ' t send
players to the study table.
5
We
those
I met them a t t h e s t u d y
table.
And
t h a t man
up
But
any
t u t o r h i s t o r y as w e l l as a n y b o d y , t h a n k s
there.
Yeh.
when you
But
i t . And
And
you'll
the o t h e r
i t and
You
you'll
be
thing
find
t o do
you
And
one
of
can.
You
probably
You
get
new
p l a y and
the
thing that gives
d e p e n d on how
And
huddle.
When y o u
you
get
Do
q u i c k l y you
a football
help
anybody.
we11
you
g e t back to
knocked
in football, you'll
know w h a t t o
b a c k and
do?
get i t ?
getting a
That " t o g e t h e r "
get
is
again.
work w i t h p e o p l e
and
will
together.
find out,
Asa
as
r e a d y t o go
can
'em
down,
just
know where you
to get
wonderful
there's
There'e
matter of
nothing
fact,
p l a y e r make a t a c k l e w i t h a s m i l e on
I
his
Never.
All
right,
then I w i l l
you
there's
l e t you
T h a t ' s what you
sent
you
i t by g o i n g
t h a t comes e a s y t h a t ' s w o r t h a d ime.
face.
do
t h a t comes e a s y t h a t ' s w o r t h a d i m e .
n e v e r saw
of
Yeh.
in a hurry,
you
the b u i l d u p
1 i f e t iraes how
and
out-work
get
t h a t same p l a y t o g e t h e r .
number t h r e e
nothing
You
can
jobs
do i t .
T h e n , number two,
running
i n your
You
r i g h t up
n e e d more s t r e n g t h .
i t i n the
And
get
into
l e a r n some w o n d e r f u l ,
them i s t h i s .
w h i c h i s p l e n t y o f t e n , you
q u i c k l y as you
can
do
get
i t works.
I mentioned.
know, i n f o o t b a l l we
things.
when you
i t . Meet them t h e r e
amazed how
out
to
I could.
deal with youngsters,
k i n d , don't send people
them do
Try
I could
one
get graduated.
I know you
came t o c o l l e g e f o r .
to c o l l e g e for-~Oh,
that dangling
more t h i n g I w a n t t o g e t
e x c u s e me,
preposition.
to
want t o do
T h a t ' s what you
Mr.
into
Barthalow,
and
that.
parents
again,
for
But
we've had
a great, great heritage.
And
we've b e e n so l u c k y y o u
can't believe
it.
The
were u n b e l i e v a b l e .
b a t t l e of Salamis
five
b e f o r e the b i r t h
The
o l d women and
Salamis.
had
And
ready
Laurium.
And
good s h i p s s m a l l ,
they attacked
into
and
'em.
taken
Persians into
Th
a l l t h e way
then
that silver
People
t h e r e on
t h e Bay
men
at
Greeks
discovered
silver
t o h e l p them make
of Salamis.
then
They
rebuilt
t r o o p - c a r r y i ng s h i p s and
their
ever hear
T h a t was
their
And
they
P e r s i a n s c o u l d n ' t g e t o u t o f t h e way.
D i d you
rule.
the
they coaxed,
p r o w s on
drove
And
city
one
gulf
them b a c k .
you
and
in
them o u t o f t h e
They d r o v e
t y p e o f g o v e r n m e n t . They e v e n had
rule.
But
old
They
back to P e r s i a .
De-mo-cra-tos.
The
ships.
i n the i r b ig
and
years
the beachhead
T h e y had
the Bay
the Greeks got busy.
They w e n t o v e r
have
t h e y had
t h e y s a n k t h e P e r s i a n f l e e t and
And
new
f o r ten years.
them w i t h t h e i r m e t a l
were t o o awkward
day,
were o v e r on
us
the P e r s i a n s
A t h e n s down.
s h i p s t h a t c o u l d move. And
mousetrapped those
busted
hundred
t h e P e r s i a n s came i n t o w h i p t h e m .
been g e t t i n g
on Mt.
the c h i l d r e n
burned
times
odds a g a i n s t
of C h r i s t back i n Greece i n which
w e r e t h e r e t o c o n q u e r G r e e c e and
and
so many
know w h a t t h e y
did?
d e c i d e d t h e y needed
a
a name f o r i t .
of dem-mo-cra-tos?
People
the b e g i n n i n g of democracy.
o f S a l a m i s i s where we
Right
got t h i s great thing
we
today.
To g i v e y o u
few y e a r s ago
interviewed
an a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h i s d e - m o - c r a - t u s h e r e ,
t h e mayor o f S t u t t g a r t , Germany was
him
on
t e l e v i s i o n down h e r e .
g r e a t g e n e r a l d u r i n g the war—Rommel.
And
He
was
I said
here
and
I
the son o f
to him.
a
the
I
said,_"Did
your
father
agree w i t h
Hitler's
24,
1940 when t h e y were w i t h i n 40 m i l e s
And
he s a i d , " W a i t a m i n u t e , c o a c h .
thinking
all.
about."
He l i v e d
choices
i n a dictatorship."
of the English
and d e c i s i o n s
that night
became so u p s e t .
o n May
Channel?"
There's something you're not
He s a i d , " I l i v e
i n the greatest
i n the world,
He s a i d , "You and e v e r y o n e e l s e
He s a i d , "My f a t h e r
And
to stop
He s a i d , "My f a t h e r d i d n o t h a v e c h o i c e s
d e m o c r a c y and y o u l i v e
democracy."
order
at
in a
a
great
i n your country
t o make a l m o s t e v e r y d a y o f t h e i r
has
life."
didn't."
when I g o t home I s t a r t e d t o w o n d e r i n g why h e
And t h e n I g o t t o t h i n k i n g , what was t h e l a s t
d e c i s i o n h i s f a t h e r made o n t h i s e a r t h . And t h e d e c i s i o n was t o
take the poison
could
look
live.
and d i e so t h a t
great
decisions
heard
t o make e v e r y d a y o f
And a t S a l a m i s i t a l l s t a r t e d w i t h
they drove those darned o l d P e r s i a n s
All
d e m o c r a c y when y o u
way.
you do have g r e a t ,
your l i f e .
t h i s b o y and h i s m o t h e r
And t h a t makes y o u a p p r e c i a t e
at i t that
And
pill
right,
d e - m o - c r a - t o s when
b a c k t o where t h e y
t h e n e x t one i s much more r e c e n t .
t o o much a b o u t i t . A n o t h e r
who d i d i t were y o u r a g e .
B u t we
underdog v i c t o r y .
The B a t t l e o f B r i t a i n .
The
belonged.
haven't
fellows
The B a t t l e o f
Br i t a i n .
They were f o u r
that
t o one u n d e r d o g s a g a i n s t
H i t l e r ' s hordes.
At
t i m e e v e n t h e A m e r i c a n a m b a s s a d o r t o E n g l a n d was s e n d i n g
reports
b a c k h e r e t h a t he d i d n ' t
They were f o u r
t o one u n d e r d o g s .
announcer every n i g h t
think
the B r i t i s h
A matter of f a c t ,
w o u l d come o n w i t h
could win.
the radio
that mournful dirge i n
his
at
voice.
He'd
s a y , " T h i s i s London."
i t t h a t way.
T h e y f o u g h t , men,
those planes.
greater
And
you
than t h a t .
done s o m e t h i n g
happen.
the U l t r a ,
'era.
And
from.
had
Enigma code.
So
the
what
they
They knew where t h e German
get
fighter
up and
strike
He
one
thing
and
and go
fight
And
was
they wanted
the
out-numbered over
fuel
or
j u s t your
i n t h e w o r l d was
Channel.
two
to
one.
their
age,
mind
t o g e t up t h e r e
have a c o u p l e o f h o u r s
to
roll
t o s l e e p u n d e r a s h a d e t r e e and g e t r e a d y t o go
That's
t h e way
t h e n when t h e B r i t i s h
and
fired.
t h e y f o u g h t and
had
won
him
was
W e l l , t h e r e have been a l o t o f g r e a t
f o r what he had d o n e , and
'em.
he had
up
won.
G e n e r a l Dowding
f i r e d — M a c A r t h u r , Richard Nixon, a l o t of
knighting
some
them o u t o v e r
fellows—
t h e n g e t b a c k and
again.
criticized
manned
j u s t as t h e y were ready
time or t h e i r
B e c a u s e t h e s e young
fight
some P o l i s h ,
'em
Dowding d i d n ' t s e n d
d i d n ' t want t o waste t h e i r
you—the
planes of the B r i t i s h ,
bombs.
Marshal
strength.
and
scientists
the best i n the w o r l d — a n d
b u t some A m e r i c a n s ,
He d i d n ' t h a v e t h a t many.
over
their
something
T h e y knew a t what t i m e t h e y ' d
then, these
t h e y ' d go
their
Air
and
and
flew
They knew t h e p o i n t o f a t t a c k , t h e f o r m a t i o n , e v e r y t h i n g
Canadians,
He
They d i d
coding machines c a l l e d
t h a t German c o d e .
m a i n l y by B r i t i s h
lower
didn't look
t h e b o y s who
t h e German c o d e — t h e
with their
f o r c e s were coming
about
know what t h e y d i d .
broken
i t was
they broke
there.
women and
Their mathematicians
that those B r i t i s h
did,
British
t h a t t h e German a r r o g a n c e d i d n ' t t h i n k c o u l d
They had
Ultra—and
The
But
rather
fought
an
men
than
to
unbelievably
could
the
very
U l t r a secret
war.
years.
but
t h e y s e n t him
he
knew t h a t
And
And
t h a t was
war,
e a s i l y have s t r a i g h t e n e d
b e c a u s e he
the
great
i t wasn't t o l d
t h i s man
them o u t
w o u l d n ' t do
U l t r a was
over here r e c r u i t i n g .
that.
going
by
He
t o be
telling
them
w o u l d n ' t do
needed
keeping
f o r the
rest
of
35
i t sealed.
A i r M a r s h a l Dowding, a l l honor to h i s g r e a t
of
that
f o r 35 y e a r s a f t e r t h a t , f o r
went to h i s d e a t h
He
And
name.
All
had
whipped
honor.
T h e y won.
And
E n g l a n d t h e n and
t h e y won
got
E n g l i s h navy
Hitler
would have been over here a f t e r us,
that.
You
And
you
those
fliers?
t o so
few."
referring
I'd
referred
You
This
fortunate
He
to
tell
can't believe
e i g h t but
was
we
fliers
But
who
a b o u t one
a miracle,
man
won
had
45
destroyers;
s u b m a r i n e s ; t h e y had
i n the
had
eight
15.
war
on
said
more.
tell
One
more.
o f Midway.
you
admirals
10
many
he
was
Britain.
And
it's
Underdogs!
area.
Pearl
We
Harbor.
They were i n the
mud.
heavy c r u i s e r s .
a whole f l o t i l l a
i n the
about
about i t q u i c k l y .
back at
have f i v e
T h e y had
so
so many" and
e i g h t b a t t l e s h i p s i n the
c r u i s e r s ; we
we
And
British
t h a t B a t t l e of
the m i r a c l e
l e t me
J a p a n e s e had
14
believe
so much b e e n owed by
s i x months a f t e r P e a r l Harbor.
J a p a n e s e had
can
into i t .
were to have t h o s e g r e a t
a l l o f o u r s were i n t h e mud
The
you
so much b e e n owed by
you
i t .
year-and-a-half
have n e v e r g o t
s a i d , "Never has
to y e t a s
The
we'd
know what t h e g r e a t e s t
"Never has
like
war)
a
that.
to t h o s e B r i t i s h
Underdogs!
had
believe
t h a t ' s how
people.
the
i f Hitler
( t h a t was
we
can
to
because
before
So
ever got
the
f o r us
area.
We
had
They
of
two
and
one
o f them was
a substitute.
But
t h a t s u b s t i t u t e made two
of
t h e g r e a t e s t d e c i s i o n s t h a t w e r e e v e r made i n c o m b a t , b e c a u s e
what he d i d , he
But
l e t me
sent h i s planes o f f e a r l y .
tell
you
Intelligence—yes,
a little
i t was
something
there.
We
e l s e about
had
broken
c o d e , t h e p u r p l e c o d e , t h e d i p l o m a t i c c o d e , and
they were coming.
At l e a s t ,
who
was
He
his intelligence
Japan
b e f o r e t h e war
their
language
had
Harbor
a g r e a t man,
o f f i c e r who
studying their
code.
He
broke
Japanese
knew w h e r e
knew.
In
They'd have g o t t e n
they d i d at P e a r l
A d m i r a l N i m i t z knew.
the
Admiral Nimitz at Pearl
W a s h i n g t o n , n e a h , t h e y d i d n ' t know.
mousetrapped l i k e
we
this.
s i x months b e f o r e .
a commander
had
spent
language
i t and
we
Rocquefort,
three years i n
and
now
he
broke
knew t h e y w e r e c o m i n g
to
Midway.
So
the g r e a t advantage t h a t A d m i r a l s Prugh
s u b s t i t u t e had,
he
J a p s were g o i n g
f o r another
carriers
strike
e v e r y t h i n g e l s e was
you c a n ' t b e l i e v e t h i s
J a p a n e s e were w i n n i n g
t h e war;
t h e K a g a , t h e A k a g i and
minutes.
They d i d n ' t go
(his
I asked
torpedo
t o l d me,
and
" I had
he was
t o h o l d my
he h i t t h e i r
t h e d e c k and
the decks.
t h e y had
lost
eye
land
And,
i s t r u e , a t 10:30
the
i t .
t h e n e x t day
but
they
a l l t h o s e g a s o l i n e h o s e s on
E n s i g n G e o r g e G a y e , who
squadron,
And
knew t h e
Three
t h e S o r y u , were s u n k i n s i x
down u n t i l
They had
up on
this
a t 10:36
carriers,
And
on M i d w a y .
when t h e y had g a s o l i n e h o s e s a l l o v e r
m o r t a l l y wounded.
the
s e n t h i s p l a n e s o f f e a r l y b e c a u s e he
bombs w e r e t h e r e and
mind y o u ,
and
was
i n the water
t h e o n l y one
open to see
ft
who
were
the
deck.
f o r 30
hours
survived)
the b a t t l e .
and
My
he
left
eye
was b u r n e d
shut."
B u t he s a i d ,
my two h a n d s , my r i g h t one o p e n .
said,
"Was t h i s
afternoon
Kaga's b a t t l e ? "
that darn
s a i d , "We'd
" I h e l d my l e f t
And I w a t c h e d
He s a i d ,
t h i n g was b u r n i n g
hit it."
one o p e n w i t h
the b a t t l e . "
I
" H e l l , Woody, b y t h a t
from
stem t o s t e r n . "
Do you know why we'd h i t i t ?
He
Teamwork.
B e c a u s e G e o r g e Gaye and T o r p e d o S q u a d r o n s S e v e n , E i g h t and N i n e
went i n t h e r e and were p r a c t i c a l l y
got a s t r i k e
But
on t h o s e
t o t a l l y decimated.
y o u know what t h e y d i d ?
t o h i t 'em, t h e n o u r h i g h l e v e l
They b r o u g h t
thing
And when t h e y came down
b o m b e r s came o v e r
and i n s i x
t h a t i s so a m a z i n g a b o u t t h a t i s t h a t t h o s e
s h i p s t h a t I mentioned
t h e y ' d been knocked
those
the a i r umbrella,
t h a t ' s what happened.
The
trying
o u t a t C o r a l Sea when t h e J a p a n e s e
and we k e p t them f r o m d o i n g
two and t h e f o u r whom I m e n t i o n e d ,
those
the war, Harry
may h a v e h e a r d
were?
Harbor s i x
And t h o s e s h i p s t u r n e d
us t h r e e more y e a r s i n t h e P a c i f i c .
Truman h a d t o u s e t h e atom bomb t o s a v e
of our l i v e s o f our servicemen
And
t h e Kaga, t h e A k a g i , t h e
s i x s h i p s - - y o u know who t h e y
m o n t h s b e f o r e , b e f o r e war was d e c l a r e d .
I t took
were
it.
U n b e l i e v a b l y , t h e y were t h e s i x t h a t had r a i d e d P e a r l
around.
four
and two m o r e , t h e S h o k a k u and t h e Z u i k a k u ,
to take A u s t r a l i a
H i r y u and t h e S o r y u ,
it
never
carriers.
t h e J a p a n e s e z e r o s came down t o h i t 'em.
minutes
They
To w i n
a million
and a m i l l i o n J a p a n e s e l i v e s .
o t h e r o p i n i o n s about t h a t b u t t h e t r u t h
You
i s t h a t he
s a t down w i t h g r e a t men and he came t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n he had t o
use
i t to save
o u r l i v e s and he d i d i t .
Truman b u t I f o u g h t
f o r that.
a
I never
voted
f o r Harry
These t h i n g s
us.
it
Russia sure
happened
i s a problem.
or not, Russia
to s t a r t
started.
The
too.
Our p r o b l e m s a r e b e f o r e
How'd t h e y g e t t h a t way?
The German g e n e r a l
that revolution.
Now h a l f
us.
o f the world
half
s t a f f put Lenin i n
T h a t ' s e x a c t l y t h e way i t
i s enslaved
by communism.
atom bomb, o u r o t h e r p r o b l e m , i t came o u t o f G e r m a n y ,
I t came o u t o f t h e K a i s e r W i l h e l m
Jewish
Believe
came, communism came r i g h t o u t o f t h e F i r s t
W o r l d War, d i r e c t l y .
Russia
behind
l a d y brought t h a t to us.
and n e v e r s t a r t e d
was g o i n g
to build
t o w i n i n '42.
Institute.
A
little
We had i t f o r two y e a r s
i t until
i t looked
like
And t h a t ' s when we s t a r t e d
and a
Hitler
to b u i l d
t h a t atom bomb.
But
you
i t ' s problems i n the world
d i d n ' t drop i t the Russians
today.
You'd s a y , " w e l l , i f
w o u l d n ' t h a v e known."
t h e y a l r e a d y knew a b o u t i t . I n t e l l i g e n c e ,
t h a t ' s an
Oh y e s ,
interesting
story, too.
But
bigger
it's
a l l of those
problems than
are problems.
they s e t t l e .
up t o us t o h a v e s u c h
want i t t o o .
thing—you
They e x p e c t
Because r i g h t
should
These wars a l w a y s b r i n g
We c a n ' t h a v e t h a t .
a good democracy t h a t t h o s e
to conquer the world.
t h a t a r e b e t t e r than
one
to conquer the w o r l d .
And t h e y ' r e
They're j u s t as tough as they can be.
lives
people
now t h e c o m m u n i s t s e x p e c t
know t h i s — t h e y e x p e c t
tough
people.
And y e t we've g o t t o l i v e
theirs.
There a r e p r o b l e m s whenever you t r y t o h e l p them.
give
them f o o d
them t e c h n i c a l
they'll
And y e t
iwnd up w i t h a b i g g e r
devices, they'll
army.
I f you g i v e
u s e them a g a i n s t u s .
13
I f you
What
they
want w o r s t o f a l l t o know and what we know so w e l l
Oh, t h e y ' d
them.
l o v e t o have our c o m p u t e r s .
We c a n ' t l e t 'em h a v e them.
out, probably through
another
completely s e t t l e d — i f
will
be i n y o u r
I'm g o i n g
i s computers.
They'd j u s t
We're g o i n g
l o v e to have
t o have t o work
generation, to get this thing
ever
i t ever w i l l
be.
But t h a t ' s a j o b t h a t
you a l i t t l e
s t o r y how e d u c a t i o n h e l p s on
future.
to t e l l
this.
Two y e a r s a g o I was down s p e a k i n g
former
f o o t b a l l c a p t a i n s was t h e r e and he b r o u g h t
b r e a k f a s t w i t h me.
And he had d a u g h t e r
s c h o o l and t h e n e x t y e a r was g o i n g
Georgia.
and
i n G e o r g i a and one o f my
composers.
language.
t o go t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f
Then
t o work
s h e was g o i n g
And t h e n on t o p o f t h a t s h e was g o i n g
l o v e l y young
like
She's a
pianist
Russian
f o r two y e a r s s t u d y i n R u s s i a n
f i n e an a m b a s s a d o r a s we c a n h a v e t h e r e .
Things
t o do?
f o r two y e a r s and s t u d y
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s so she c a n go t o R u s s i a .
lovely,
t h a t had b e e n t o a g i r l s
And y o u know what s h e was g o i n g
s h e was g o i n g
h i s family for
t o s t u d y TV
I think s h e ' l l
be a s
Because she i s a
lady.
t h a t , work l i k e
that, decisions like
h e l p t o c h a n g e t h i s and make i t a b e t t e r , b e t t e r
that
world.
will
And I
h a v e no i d e a b u t what y o u h a v e t h e a t t i t u d e and t h e c a p a c i t y a n d
the a b i l i t y
here
t o go on f r o m h e r e
and h e l p t o make t h i s a
greater, greater world.
And God s p e e d
i n t h e meantime
to a l l o f you.
much.
H
Thank y o u v e r y