Death Quote by David Grann

“At fifteen feet the soldier shot off the bereaved husband’s face, along with the top of his head, leaving just the jaw hanging down…

— Adam Nevill

“Barely across the Ourcq, Donovan’s battalion began taking fire from three sides. One bullet grazed Wild Bill’s thigh; another tore off the heel of…

— Joseph E. Persico

“Carey recalled Tillman turning to him and tapping him on the shoulder. "Look who's coming up the road!" he said incredulously. In a scene…

— Patrick K. O'Donnell

“On the edge of town, Fitzgerald saw a sight “that has never left my memory. It was a picture story of the death of…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“Perhaps to the soldier the civilian is the man who employs him to kill, who includes the guilt of murder in the pay-envelope and…

— Graham Greene

“The interesting thing, to the Sergeant, was how these stories were at least in one way quite true to life: you didn’t know whether…

— Nick Harkaway

“is a pretty well established fact that many a brutal officer fell in battle, from being shot other than by the enemy. Shortly”

— Matilda Pierce Alleman

“James A. Mullartey from our 1st Platoon made it back to our lines. His story: The NVA had been shooting our wounded. One came…

— Harold G. Moore

“An infantryman’s job is to deliver his enemies into the waiting hands of Death. It is Doc’s job to protect his brothers from Death,…

— Adam Fenner

“He actually had a relationship once with someone who’d committed suicide. Not emotional, physical. It happened in the army. He was serving in general-staff…

— Etgar Keret

“Tom's army won a great victory, after a long and hard-fought battle. Then the dead were counted, prisoners exchanged, the terms of the next…

— Mark Twain

“Nowadays, we are all very familiar with the newsreels of the period showing the brave troops frantically waving their hankies from trains and smiling…

— Arthur Mathews