“The experience of being in the Army changed my whole life; I never believed that an organization such as ours could ever go to war, leave alone win it. It was, as Yeats remarked of the Easter Rising, 'A terrible beauty.'”
Military service profoundly reshapes life, revealing both horror and awe, akin to a “terrible beauty.”
In simple terms: War changes life, showing both tragedy and strange beauty.
Recognize the duality of hardship and awe.
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Romanticizing war can overlook suffering.
