Fields Quote by Omar al-Bashir

When I was 10 years old, I fled my homeland amid the bomb blasts of civil war in Sudan.

— Alek Wek

When I was a girl, civil war in Sudan forced me to flee my home town of Wau.

— Alek Wek

I was at Earth Summit in Rio 20 years ago... I was only 12 years old. And when I was speaking to the U.N.…

— Severn Cullis-Suzuki

I joined the Rhodesian army in 1975, having trained for six weeks outside Bulawayo.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I did a lot of humanitarian work before I joined the military.

— Eric Greitens

I fought for this country.

— Shaggy

I joined the People's Armed Forces in 1961 to 1984, and I was also a soldier in the southern battle of Vietnam during the…

— Nguyen Tan Dung

Salute For those who made the history of South sudan with their blood

— Mabor Maker Kulang

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

— Mel Brooks

I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting…

— Douglas Wilder

I'm from South Sudan, that is where my heart will always be.

— Thon Maker

Leaving southern Sudan as a child was terrifying. It was 1985, and my family and I were trying to escape to Khartoum, the capital…

— Alek Wek