“On the edge of town, Fitzgerald saw a sight “that has never left my memory. It was a picture story of the death of one 82nd Airborne trooper. He had occupied a German foxhole and made it his personal Alamo.… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Hitler made only one big mistake when he built his Atlantic Wall,” the paratroopers liked to say. “He forgot to put a roof on… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“All that existed was precious in Crazy Horse’s religion—whatever a man did or thought was good, was wakan, so long as he obeyed his… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“Thus the total armada amounted to 5,333 ships and craft of all types,” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“Ronald Spiers: The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“These are some of the qualities that make for a good company commander. Lewis had them in abundance, plus some special touches that made… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“Older British observers complained, "The trouble with you Yanks is that you are overpaid, oversexed, and over here." (To which the Yanks would reply,… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“I instinctively dislike ever to uphold the conservative as opposed to the bold” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“Of courage undaunted, possessing a firmness and perseverance of purpose which nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction, careful as a father of… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“Jefferson could write, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“May works be the test of patriotism as they ought, of right, to be of religion.” — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“So it had always been and apparently would be. The terms “peace” and “war” as understood by the Americans had no meaning to the… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“(In Austria after VE Day) Sergeant Mercier...dressed in a full German officer's uniform, topped off with a monocle for his right eye. Someone got… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“SHAEF had prepared for everything except the weather. It now became an obsession. It was the one thing for which no one could plan,… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
“Pvt. Robert Fruling said he spent two and a half days at Pointe-du-Hoc, all of it crawling on his stomach. He returned on the… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share
