Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Farewell address, quoted on "We Interrupt This Broadcast" CD-ROM Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Farewell address, quoted on "We Interrupt This Broadcast" CD-ROM And now, like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career, and just fade away...an old soldier who tried to do his duty, as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good-bye. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Farewell address, quoted on "We Interrupt This Broadcast" CD-ROM