Armed forces Quote by Bill Bryson

On the whole, more men had perhaps escaped into the war than from it.

— Stefan Zweig

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew…

— John Spratt

In the battle of Kunu-ri, more than 5,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded or taken as prisoners of war. Ninety percent of my unit…

— Charles B. Rangel

Three of my uncles served in the Armed Forces.

— Eric Reid

In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to…

— John Pople

After being thrown out of the house, four schools and the United States Army, I discovered that I was on the right track.

— Robert Downey, Sr

“Roughly 80 percent of American soldiers in Vietnam were from poor or working-class backgrounds. Neither in college nor in graduate school—where most students received…

— James T. Patterson

“For these reasons the Vietnam-era army (unlike the armies that had fought in World War II or Korea) consisted disproportionately of the poor, minority…

— James T. Patterson

George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.

— Peter Jennings

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss…

— Virginia Foxx

The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of…

— Jim Webb

Few great men would have got past personnel.

— Paul Goodman