It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940s, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.
Soldiers Quotes
Underneath this wooden cross there lies A Christian killed in battle. You who read, Remember that this stranger died in pain; And passing here, if you can lift your eyes Upon a peace kept by a human creed, Know that one soldier has not died in vain.
Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met. (inscription on Korean War memorial in Washington D.C.)
There were other opportunities, making a lot more money than I am now. Every time I have faced up to this choice, I just find the satisfaction of being a soldier and the love of my profession overwhelming and more important to me than making a great deal of money or doing something I may […]
When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.
I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating.
An atheist could not be as great a military leader as one who is not an atheist.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem
Never saw it or heard about it until your letter came. It is no use: I can’t be sympathetic; these things simply make me furious. I want to swear. I do swear. Killed just because people are blasted fools… Oh, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, DAMN. And oh, dear, dear, dear, dear, […]
You know – we’ve had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. “My God, my God – ” I said to myself, “it’s […]
