The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a great thing to charge a battery of… — Daniel Harvey Hill Copy Share Image
“They’re not shooting at us, they’re not shooting at us,” one infantry commander insisted, even as French artillery plastered his battalion.” — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
As a result of the cold, the machine-guns were no longer able to fire...the result of all this was a panic...The battle… — Heinz Guderian Copy Share Image
Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black… — Sappho Copy Share Image
By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Guarded within the old red wall's embrace, Marshalled like soldiers in gay company, The tulips stand arrayed. Here infantry Wheels out into… — Amy Lowell Copy Share Image
Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
There's a fragment that goes, "Some say the most beautiful thing in the world is a great cavalry riding down over the… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn… — Ernie Pyle Copy Share Image
From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in Vietnam, I decided that… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
“It was the lot of the Fifity-fourth to bear the brunt of the struggle against the bitter injustice of inferior pay to… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
Infantry, Artillery, Aviation - all that we have - are yours to dispose of as you will. . . . I have… — John J. Pershing Copy Share Image
When everyone's focused on the conventional parts of war - doing infantry imbeds or chasing IEDs - you look at the thing… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share Image
“What branch do you want to go in?” “I don’ give a god-damn,” said Pilon jauntily. “I guess we need men like… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Nathan Bedford Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“You have probably seen the order from Washington which cuts down the pay for colored troops from $13 to $10. Of course… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
“Wars, wars, wars': reading up on the region I came across one moment when quintessential Englishness had in fact intersected with this… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
All front-line combat jobs in the infantry, special operations units and elsewhere are now open to women. — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
When I commanded infantry in Afghanistan, our K9 dog was an important member of the platoon. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else. — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I… — John Buford Copy Share Image
Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity… — Giraldus Cambrensis Copy Share Image
You've got soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division who are going every day on operations and they don't all have what is… — Duncan Hunter Copy Share Image
At the outbreak of the war it was found very difficult to raise infantry in Texas, as no Texan walks a yard… — Arthur Fremantle Copy Share Image
“The beauty of the infantry is its ability to truly teach tolerance. At the lowest level, when it is simply a matter… — Adam Fenner Copy Share Image
In the US. Infantry Manual published during World War II, the soldier was told what to do if a live grenade fell… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
“There should be a law, I though. If you support a war, if you think it's worth the price, that's fine, but… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Let's presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I fought as an infantry Marine on one of the Vietnam War's harshest battlefields. After leaving the Marine Corps, I studied law… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
“Some lasting terms of military organization owe their origin to Spain: colonel comes from cabo de colunela, or head of a column;… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Marine and Army women have deployed with infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan in what's called female engagement teams, going into villages,… — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles,… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
This war proceeds along its terrible path by the slaughter of infantry...I say to myself every day. What is going on while… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“While recruiting, Lieutenant Grace was often insulted by such remarks as, "There goes the captain of the Negro Company! He thinks the… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
