Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Tinker sailor soldier spy....
All these to please the eye...
A soldier that death he defy....
At odds with others who say dont lie.....
When we are afraid to die....
But he jumps into action to vie...
With others when handicapped a bold guy....
Too quick to die but happily says goodbye Adrian Carton de Wiart suddenly had to assume command of three beheaded units, as all their commanders had become casualties - Loga
In the middle of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the Lieutenant Colonel, with his only eye and one hand, would run from position to position guiding his men across no man’s land to secure victory.
Carton de Wiart was seen pulling the pins out of grenades with his teeth and then throwing the charge at the enemy. While the courageous leader would be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions that day, he was not even British - he had lied about his true identity!
A Belgian aristocrat, Carton de Wiart was desperate for action and jumped into any conflict he could, regardless of his personal stake in them.
Moreover, he would be wounded a dozen times, including taking a bullet to the back of his head, and emerge unscathed. Carton’s reputation eventually earned him the nickname of the “Unkillable Soldier.”
And when he was asked about it, he would only say: "Frankly, I enjoyed the war."
