“I consider the 11th Airborne Division to be one of the finest military organizations in any army anywhere. Its airborne spirit symbolizes the best of us all our armed forces, and I look to this division to strengthen our armed forces to the point where the enemies of freedom decide never to test us in battle again.”

- Brigadier General Lyman L. "General Lem" Lemnitzer, commander, 11th Airborne Division, 1950-1950