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Offline RDJP

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Re: Discussing Military Quotes.
« Reply #75 on: January 30, 2012, 01:21:43 »
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Re: Discussing Military Quotes.
« Reply #76 on: April 11, 2012, 10:51:37 »
The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis.
- From a post-war debriefing of a German General

The couple dozen times I have heard this quote throughout my career, it has always been Canadian Army.

Does this mean I have been lied to my entire career?
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Re: Discussing Military Quotes.
« Reply #77 on: April 12, 2012, 17:45:34 »
One of my favorites which reminds me why so many men locally signed up in WW1 and WW2.

"War is hell but what is homesteading"

Note pinned to a cabin door by enlisting soldier Chipman Kerr, VC

http://books.google.ca/books?id=D8b4dEcUENsC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=war+is+hell+but+so+is+homesteading&source=bl&ots=dKYLE1SuhJ&sig=l4D3LhI59HLBb4S7jRcHoZauAU8&hl=en#v=onepage&q=war%20is%20hell%20but%20so%20is%20homesteading&f=false  Page 142 also references it.
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Re: Discussing Military Quotes.
« Reply #78 on: April 12, 2012, 23:20:31 »
Quote from: GnyHwy on April 11, 2012, 10:51:37
Does this mean I have been lied to my entire career?

You just figure this out? ;)
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