10,941 Quotes About War





  • Author Julie Berry
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    Tell you what we ain't gonna do." He came closer. "We ain't gonna let you N**** get a taste for white women. That's why you all in such a hurry to get to France.""Aubrey wanted to retch. A taste. As if they'd risk their lived, leave home, and put up with all this redneck prejudiced sh*t in the army, just to lay hands on white girls

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    He wished he could peel off the war like a scab. All he wanted now was to be was a chap with a lovely girl at his side. Even if his uniform was all he had to wear.

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    Regret to inform you that your son, Private Such-and-Such, is reported killed in action during heavy bombardment" or "has died of wounds at a casualty clearing station." Followed by a letter from a CO reporting, in every instance, that they passed bravely, swiftly, without much pain, They never said, "Hung for hours on a barbed wire fence with his bowels hanging out, pleading for rescue, but nobody dared go for fear of hostile fire."The first casualty of war is the truth.

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    What's most shocking... is that you mingled romanitcally with N**** soldiers... Have you no shame? No pride in your race?""Not at the moment... but I do take pride in my friendship with a brilliant young man who was always decent, kind, and a perfect gentleman. Which is more than can be said for plenty of own race that have passed through these doors.

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    The French and British Armies had begged the United States to send supporting reinforcements, but General Pershing had refused to relinquish command of any U.S. troops. They were his responsibility to lead and, as much as possible, to safeguard. He didn't want Americans used as expendable cannon fodder by non-American generals. But he could spare a black regiment, to be used as needed.

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