Infantry Quotes

47 quotes by 41 authors

I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up. — Mel Brooks
Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost. — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going. — Eddie Slovik
By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery,… — James Monroe
But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to… — Mark Twain
A perfect writer would make words sing, dance, kiss, do the male and female act, bear children, weep, bleed, rage, stab, steal, fire cannon, steer… — Walt Whitman
Synchronize watches at oh six hundred' says the infantry captain, and each of his huddled lieutenants finds respite from fear in the act of bringing… — Richard Yates
The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements. — Sebastian Junger
Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so masterly at the… — Robert Jordan
I think the guys who are sort of infantry in Somali piracy are not unlike low-level drug dealers in urban areas in America, who see… — Unknown Author
I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in… — Charles B. Rangel
In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was other… — John Eisenhower
I was an infantry Marine, and there are only so many things you can do when you get out of the military that you can… — Adam Driver
From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in Vietnam, I decided that I would focus… — Jim Webb
General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this… — John Buford
However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally… — Walter Kohn
On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon shots thundering from… — Max Beckmann

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