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“I signed up to fight for my country; to jump out of planes, shoot guns, and kill people.”
― Living with Honor: A Memoir by America's First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War
― Living with Honor: A Memoir by America's First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War
“If you do decide to turn the page after this warning, you do so with the understanding that you’re never going to look at a USMC commercial the same again, because you’ll know how disgusting we really are, and how disgusting we need to be in order to laugh as we maim other human beings and then step on their skulls. Oh, and then come back into society and expect to be “normal.” Yeah, that’s a fuckin’ joke.”
― Embarrassing Confessions of a Marine Lieutenant: Operation Branding Iron 2.1A
― Embarrassing Confessions of a Marine Lieutenant: Operation Branding Iron 2.1A
“The Army brought me for the first time into a world with an unyielding moral compass; a world in which breaking the law results in the law breaking you right back—swiftly and without discussion. It taught me for the very first time that responsibility is a real thing and that authority matters. And you will respect it.”
― Living with Honor: A Memoir by America's First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War
― Living with Honor: A Memoir by America's First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War
“Jim Warner, reminded me recently of a guard who was caught in flagrante with a dog. Afterwards Jim and his cellmates would occasionally make the sounds of a dog in distress, knowing that the guard would frantically run toward the noise. He became known as Sniffles the Pooch Puncher. However”
― Surviving Hell: A POWs Journey
― Surviving Hell: A POWs Journey
“The people we were there to help, often times, didn’t really give a fuck about our help. They would LIE, cheat and steal, and say anything to get whatever they could from us, and then go back to sympathizing with the Taliban. Their sense of loyalty to their country is non-existent, their ability to lie and bullshit is better than any scummy lawyer I’ve ever seen in a movie, and their willingness to flop sides is inspiring to Lebron James.”
― Embarrassing Confessions of a Marine Lieutenant: Operation Branding Iron 2.1A
― Embarrassing Confessions of a Marine Lieutenant: Operation Branding Iron 2.1A
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