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«We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?»
Author: Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.
| Keywords:
doing nothing, Marine, Marines, Northern, pinned, pin down, rampant, regiment, regimented, Southwestern
«The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.»
Author: Louis Aragon
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
dimly, drifts, fauna, gateway, gateways, human activity, Human Touch, lighthouse, lighthouses, light touch, lit, luxuriate, luxuriates, Marine, Marines, plait, Plaited, plaiting, slur, slurred, slurs, syllable, The Gateway, The Lighthouse, The Touch, vegetation, zones
«Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts / a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity, a man laid out alive and standing, and already, as one may say, buried under arms with funeral accompaniments.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
accompaniment, American art, American government, black art, buried, funeral, In the Navy, Marine, Marines, navy, reminiscence, reminiscences, under arms, yard
«Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.»
Author: Senator John Kerry
(Senator)
| About:
Army,
Commanders,
Crime,
Deserted,
Leaders,
Leadership,
Marines,
Rectitude,
Reputation,
Troops,
War
| Keywords:
bleaches, casualties, commanders, Marines, returned
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