Drang it...
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wrote on 15 Mar 2025, 12:32 last edited by
I mentioned Ia Drang the other day. A perspective from an officer who was there...
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wrote on 15 Mar 2025, 17:07 last edited by
The military is a good deal until you have to go to war. But even then, some enjoy it. I remember an anecdote from Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. Some famous scientist, I can't remember who, had gone to war as a young man, and really enjoyed all the killing he got to do.
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wrote on 15 Mar 2025, 17:42 last edited by taiwan_girl
There was a saying something like:
"The only people who think war is a glorious adventure are those who have never been in one."
(BTW, interesting video history)
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The military is a good deal until you have to go to war. But even then, some enjoy it. I remember an anecdote from Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. Some famous scientist, I can't remember who, had gone to war as a young man, and really enjoyed all the killing he got to do.
wrote on 15 Mar 2025, 17:43 last edited by@Horace said in Drang it...:
The military is a good deal until you have to go to war. But even then, some enjoy it. I remember an anecdote from Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. Some famous scientist, I can't remember who, had gone to war as a young man, and really enjoyed all the killing he got to do.
Oppenheimer?