老ろう兵へいは死しなずただ消きえ去さるのみ

expression

old soldiers never die; they just fade away

A well-known quotation from a song, famously used by General Douglas MacArthur. Used to express that veterans or old-timers may disappear from the scene but their spirit or legacy remains.

• 「老ろう兵へいは死しなずただ消きえ去さるのみ」という言こと葉ばは、マッカーサーの演えん説ぜつで有ゆう名めいになった。

  The phrase 'Old soldiers never die; they just fade away' became famous through MacArthur's speech.