On a World War II Memorial in Marion, Ohio is a quote, "They sought no
bounty, leaving peace in their footsteps." There is no attribution
listed so I contacted the folks in Marion. Someone there had heard the
quote on the History Channel but didn't know who said it. I tried the
History Channel's website but couldn't get an answer. Can you help?

U.S. Representative Steve Buyer (R-4th Indiana) seems to have turned
an alternate version into an all-purpose quotation. See:

Desert Shield, Storm veterans honored at Arlington
http://www.af.mil/news/Dec2000/n20001213_1829.shtml

Rep. Steve Buyer (R) of Indiana
http://www.house.gov/buyer/biogen.htm

He used it in Congress at least a couple of times earlier -- once in
1997, concerning a Post Office naming, and again in 1998, during the
House debates about the Articles of Impeachment of the President.


"And then I thought about the World War II veterans..., a unique
generation. They were truly crusaders. They fought for no bounty of
their own; they left freedom in their footsteps."

I haven't located an original source, however.

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