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• Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them…
• For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.
• But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood…
• There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.
• If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.
• I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.
• Some day I'd like to cover a war in a country as ugly as war itself.
• Marines have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things; liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in…
• All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we…
• [I]nstead of the usual "Why can't we make movies more like real life?" I think a more pertinent question is "Why can't…
• If I can just see the European war out I think I might feel justified in quitting the war.
• About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than roar, and to…

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