Dale Hanson > Quotes

“Fallen leaves curled themselves into brown megaphones and waited for a careless boot.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“We practiced immediate action drills hour after hour — first drawn out on paper with circles to represent each of us”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“If we were ever caught or killed and our bodies were left behind”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“Doney saw me come in and came over to me. “It sounds pretty grim”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“helicopters in their AO. We checked. They were not ours. They were all black with no markings. The guess is that they are Russian”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“I wanted it in writing. No one enlists to be a Green Beret”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“C-ration can that had been wired to a tree”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“This airplane in particular carried a special awe. It was called a “Blackbird” because it was painted a sinister black with just a few very dark green patterns to break up its profile. There were no markings on the fuselage — no country of origin or numbers”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“The paths were hard-packed grey clay”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“We would evade”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“My dreams were about being hunted and chased and sometimes I would be caught. The adversary was always ubiquitous and beyond my ability to destroy.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“There are no privates in Special Forces. Everyone is an expert in several fields. They are first and foremost professionals and a team. None of them need to be questioned regarding his ability to do a mission. The beret on their heads is the proof that they have met every test.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“their black stripes dusted Rhodesian red.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“James Bond. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld. They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong,” he says in mild surprise. Bond replies”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“As one of the famous lines in Special Forces reads”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“By afternoon we all lay in our places staring at the fan that rotated in the ceiling”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“about two or three hours of light left,” he offered.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“This time as we followed”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“Da Russians use cut-out countries for deniability. You studied dat already. Von of those countries dat dey use is my own country. There are two thousand people in von place in Czechoslovakia just studying de art of torture. Did you hear me? Dat is all that dey do. They practice on political prisoners and dey sometimes get American prisoners.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“Sometimes their influence was a subtle unspoken thing”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“I know that you have things to do and this is not a good time”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“Both had the same drawn”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“We have learned at a terrible and brutal cost that retreat does not bring safety and weakness does not bring peace.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“Northern Minnesota was fierce for its cold winters and for the fierceness of the Sioux who came in their seasons.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“Anything new was fresh turned and moist and brick-red. As we passed over”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“The night brought the most casualties of the year in Vietnam and was the start of the Spring– Summer offensive.”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“It was too improbable to be just serendipity. Perhaps the very guiding hand that protected us also led us to the satchel”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“he took us to a waiting C-130 airplane and within the hour it circled the beautiful coastal town of Nha Trang”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“It also keeps the horse from looking over at his mate to see if it is pulling its load. It is only important that the horse does its own duty.” I do not know if Mr. Pettis was trying to teach me a lesson in life or not”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior

“Leaders see to their people first. Always. When all the needs of your men are met”
― Dale Hanson, Born Twice: Memoir of a Special Forces SOG Warrior