A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails and then asks you not to kill him.

War never pays its dividends in cash on the money it costs.

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.

For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

But who in war will not have his laugh amid the skulls?

Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.