War Quote by James Lee Burke

“The most precious moments of war are the moments where the soldiers remember their ordinary calm lives before the war!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“shock troops in the assault on the last remaining constraints keeping us from going to war all the time. The little darlings were terribly…

— Rachel Maddow

“Suicide in the trenches: I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And…

— Siegfried Sassoon

“It was like an allegorical picture of war; the trainload of fresh men gliding proudly up the line, the maimed men sliding slowly down,…

— George Orwell

“War is most unkind to the memories of survivors”

— Thabo Katlholo

“Sure, I saw enlisted men everyday, but once they donned their uniforms and committed their lives, they became a mirage. The minute you approached…

— Kathryn Miller Haines

“The casualties of war are true heroes that everybody forgets to remember, even those who fight wars within themselves…”

— Michelle Horst

“In memory of all our brave soldiers who have lost their lives in action including my own grandfather “Gunner Thomas Henry Caunter”

— Kimberley Chambers

“By the time this damn war's over, we'll have hundreds of thousands of severely traumatized soldiers trying to put the pieces of their lives…

— Kristin Hannah

“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

“Now comes the picture of mass defeat, the most awesome spectacle of the war. It is in the bent bodies of old women who…

— Audie Murphy

“• • • Military history is the story of the terrible murder of beautiful plans by ugly facts.”

— Gregory Benford