>> they were. the thing behind it all, dedication to god and country. ♪ there's a star spangled banner waving somewhere ♪ ♪ in a distant land so many miles away ♪ ♪ only uncle sam's get to go there ♪ ♪ where i wish that i could also live someday ♪ >> after the war, joe never went back to farming. he became an entrepreneur, governor of south dakota, a sports executive, a writer and a hunter. but more than his resume, it is joe's spirit, his iron will to achieve that makes him the quint essential gi. a leader of men first tested and foreshaped by combat. >> in those young men, i think of them every day of my life. i think of those that didn't