Combat Veterans

I dream of giving

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: Mother, what was war? Eve Merriam

[My grandfather -a miner]

[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn’t talk about it much. It’s almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some horrific things. Dwight Yoakam

I hate war as

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Casualties many; Percentage of

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning. David M. Shoup

During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically and psychologically, they were separated from their classmates. Events that seemed earth-shattering to them– for example, who was demoted from the varsity to the junior varsity — went almost unnoticed by … Read more