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"It was a cold moonless night and my heart was pounding as I leapt from the train. The soldiers with, their dogs searched for me, frequently coming within yards of my position. I'll never forget how I deserted from fort dix."

"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."

Warrior Woman

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

'Who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour? Just look at that card Hans Greber and we have haven't been shot at all day.'

"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!'

The unknown war poet.

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.'

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

War and Peace GIF

Left Behind

European Arms Proliferation - 1860's

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

'No. No. Don't bomb them now. Wait until morning, when the birds are singing and the air is alive with a sense of possibility.'

Army of the Potomac- Evening Scene in Camp

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

The Jumping Tank

"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"

'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.'

"So why is it that we only get to see you whenever you need a gruesome amputation?"

Kamakasi pilot instructor

'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."

Frightfulness! Germans Training Wasps to Sting Highlanders in Flanders.

A cavalier gentleman.

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

'At least never knowing who's a friendly should prepare me for a career in business.'