He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
Death in combat is never pretty.
Line from "The Lost Battalion." My grand dad was in the 77th ID, but a different battalion. He earned his purple heart in the Argonne during that battle.
"It's either you or him. That you gotta worry about."
"You are what you do when it counts."