War Story Listener Gifts

"How do we tell the bad guys from the good before they shoot someone?"

Audio Books

Warrior Woman

"I guess I was a good shot, because I took down 50 Nazis...all by myself. That's how I got my silver star. Honestly, I don't consider myself a hero. I consider myself lucky."

Thank you to those who never came home and to those who never left their side.

"I had a great weekend... My Grandpa talked about the war again and my Dad about his most daring facebook comments!"

'Ignore them, Charlie. They're nothing but philistines. I liked your poetry, truly I did!'

Uncle Mort, you fought in Korea, right? You think that war will start up again? Not if I can help it. It was the morning of July 27, nineteen hundred and fifty-three. I was pinned down on Pork Chop Hill. My bazooka had run out of ammo. All I could find to load into it was a stuffed panda bear. I loaded it and fired that bear into the maw of the enemy. It struck one of them atop the noggin. Moments later, the armistice was signed. Every July 27th, I awaken at dawn and chuck that same panda at the

"Did you call for a Medic?"

'Does my bum look big in this?'

Harry Chauvel & T. E. Lawrence

'Oh, just my old war injury acting up.'

War and Peace GIF

European Arms Proliferation - 1860's

"Henry took a shower yesterday right next to Winthrop Rockefeller."

Defence Cuts: 'This is getting serious Sergeant, bring up the re-enforcements!'

Left Behind

"Most of the time, war...it makes no sense. A lot of times, we'd hear artillery whistling over our heads. But really, you can't move. You just wait...and wait...until it hits...and hope it isn't hitting you."

'Literary agency' "About your idea for a book on NATO's role in Kosovo? Russian author got there first"

"… and once you've finished advanced infantry training, you'll be assigned to film school."

'They want the medals back. Apparently, you used a Vicks inhaler before going over the top in 1916.'

The origin of 'Rorke's drift' has long been a subject of intense speculation.

'Honey, please don't ask Grandaddy about the war.'

'Breaker Morant would have been proved innocent if he hadn't shot the people needed for his defence.'

"The Balkans. This is where I came in."

Psychoses on tape

'Dear...is that dripping noise your tropical rainforest relaxation tape, or is your toilet running again?'

'try moderation next time!'

"This is your great-uncle Rudy. In World War II, he fought with the Army, the Navy and the Marines."

Lawrence of Arabia

'Honey, this is my Uncle Duggie . . . he lost most of his DNA during the war.'

"Baldo, come here! This is Benito, my barber! Let him tell you a story."

"Back in my day, 'Call of Duty' wasn't a game."

'You know I felt pretty confident until I saw that sign... I mean, didn't we really get whupped in that fight?'

A cavalier gentleman.