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The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers read more
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?
Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to read more
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Neither ridiculous shriekings for revenge by French chauvinists,
nor the Englishmen's gnashing of teeth, nor the wild gestures of read more
Neither ridiculous shriekings for revenge by French chauvinists,
nor the Englishmen's gnashing of teeth, nor the wild gestures of
the Slavs will turn us from our aim of protecting and extending
German influence all the world over.
All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as read more
All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro,
By a rifleman hid in the thicket.
How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.
How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder read more
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
An unjust peace is better than a just war.
