It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
-- General George Patton
Its Memorial Day. Around this time, I tend to watch The Big Red One again. written and directed by Samuel Fuller, a WWII vet, this was one of the quintessential WWII pieces long before Saving Private Ryan and Band Of Brothers.
The words and scenes expressed have long carried what it meant to be a solder:
I'm gonna dedicate my book to those who shot, but didn't get shot. Because it's about survivors. And surviving is the only glory in war, if you know what I mean.
Honor those that did their duty. Many still bear the scars while others paid the price. And without them, we wouldnt be here.
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Let the past be the past.
Do not call up that which
You cannot put down.
Destroy that which destroyed us,
So long ago.
-- Sorin Relicbane
Do not call up that which
You cannot put down.
Destroy that which destroyed us,
So long ago.
-- Sorin Relicbane
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