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Stay alert, stay alive.
Stay alert, stay alive.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the read more
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.
A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.
We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much read more
We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
We will either find a way, or make one.
We will either find a way, or make one.
God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance read more
God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of all conflicts. Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation, which besets all of us in battle, shall not blind me to my duty to my own manhood, to the glory of my calling, and to my responsibility to my fellow soldiers. Grant to our armed forces that disciplined valor and mutual confidence which insures success in war. Let me not mourn for the men who have died fighting, but rather let me be glad that such heroes have lived. If it be my lot to die, let me do so with courage and honor in a manner which will bring the greatest harm to the enemy, and please, oh Lord, protect and guide those I shall leave behind. Give us the victory, Lord.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.