Lucian Truscott (1895–1965) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Quoted in Command Missions, A Personal Story, New York, 1954,
ISBN 0-89141-364-2
“Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.”
Source: Notes of Thought (1883), p. 25.
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