Destroyers were the first to herald our entrance into the war.
I was a lieutenant in World War II.
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
For the record, I'm a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
There never is a convenient place to fight a war when the other man starts it.
We realize that wars are never won on the defensive. We must take the battle to the enemy
At the edge of the cliffs, the wind is a smack, and D-day becomes wildly clear: climbing that cutting edge into the bullets.
Leadership is about keeping toilets flushing," the Admiral once said. "Unless you're on the battlefront. Then it's about staying alive. Neither are pleasant.
The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.
I followed the war wherever I could reach it.
I would be willing, yes glad, to see a battle every day during my life.