War Tales Mugs

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

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."

Knights of the bedside table.

Super-Tia makes Mal de Ojo undo its curse!

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

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!'

'Does my bum look big in this?'

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?"

Harry Chauvel & T. E. Lawrence

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

European Arms Proliferation - 1860's

The Tennis Racket in the Stone

Don't Worry, Joe, about Afghanistan

War and Peace GIF

John McCain, pre-RIP

The day that William Tell bought his first crossbow.

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

Triple espresso. Forget it, Uncle Mort. Let's face facts: You're not as young as you used to be. Too much caffeine can literally kill you. Poppycock! Do you know who you're talking to? When we stormed across Europe under Patton, my tank battalion got stuck in the mud during a torrential downpour. Arty Lang switched my canteen full of rainwater with one full of tank gas. So I replaced his tank's timing belt with tree bark and dental floss. That big galoot and I were always pranking each other lik

Left Behind

'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.'

'I found it on Craig's List.'

'I'll be right with you after I've checked my messages, dear...'

"Those tights pinch and chaff. We're going commando."

"Ok, boy, one more time, then I'd better get this thing back to the battlefield."

'Giving to the poor is deductible, Mr. Hood, but taking from the rich is still problematic.'

"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.

Blues guitarists gather at the crossroads