When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

An army should have but a single line of operations which it should carefully preserve, and should abandon only when compelled by imperious circumstances.

The frontiers of nations are either large rivers, or chains of mountains, or deserts. Of all these obstacles to the march of an army, deserts are the most difficult to surmount; mountains come next; and large rivers hold only the third rank.

The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.

We were all sure we were getting sent over there. Everybody got their orders and I'd say 85 percent of the guys went to Vietnam. When I got the orders for Germany, my father was really happy.

Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.