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title: "2 Soldier Felt Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [My very identity as a soldier came to an abrupt end. I'd been soldiering as long as I'd been shaving. Suddenly I'd been told I could no longer soldier, and it felt as though no one really cared if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-a-mcchrystal/my-very-identity-as-a-soldier-came-to-an-abrupt-end-i-d-been/)

[Stanley A. McChrystal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-a-mcchrystal/)

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> [“difference between his government’s ineptitude and his personal generosity. He’d nipped these items from the quartermaster’s store, and he couldn’t do much of that. Now he and Crazy Horse had told stories all evening, war stories, hunting stories, the kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/win-blevins/difference-between-his-government-s-ineptitude-and-his-personal/)

[Win Blevins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/win-blevins/)

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