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Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!
It is the cold glitter of the attacker's eye not the point of the questing bayonet that breaks the line.
Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade.
Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.
Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.
...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty.
When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.
The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.
Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?
Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it.
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.
There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm than good.
War is a bloody, killing business. You've got to spill their blood, or they will spill yours. Rip them up the belly. Shoot them in the guts.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
When we land against the enemy, don't forget to hit him and hit him hard. When we meet the enemy we will kill him. We will show him no mercy.
I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, ‘Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?
I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards - You name them; I'll shoot them!
Staff officers of inharmonious disposition, irrespective of their ability, must be removed. A staff cannot function unless it is a united family.
My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.
If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. Always do more than is required of you. If a man has done his best, what else is there?
My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
Let's keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened, and present a picture of force and strength to the Red Army. This is the only language they understand and respect.
Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally.
I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.
Never draw a gun on a man unless you intend to kill him. And believe me, if you do intend to kill him he will already know it. Then he will feel the cold breath of the tomb.
All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.
Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of Fedela and within 1 week of D-Day. I'll go ahead and win.
Sometimes I think your life and mine are under the protection of some supreme being or fate , because, after many years of parallel thought, we find ourselves in the positions we now occupy.
Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example
The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country
Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange. If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic, as in mundane combats fistic, We will get a bloody nose and that's a sin.