When I was a cadet at New Mexico Military Institute, one of the inspection questions we were required to answer was:
What is in the truck (or ball) at the top of the flag pole?
First, the truck is the flat piece at the top of a flagpole (outside) or a flagstaff (used for color guards). This has to do with the flagpole. The required answer goes something like this:
You then had to describe how to use those three items:
When your unit is being overrun by the enemy, you use the razor to cut the union from the stripes, you use the match to burn the flag, and you use the bullet to defend the flag or commit suicide.
Allow me to put this into perspective. This whole idea is not real, it is pure legend. It’s a bit fun for cadets, but there are many holes in this story.
There is not such thing as the Final Defense of the American Flag other than bringing the flag down and evacuating the area.
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