“I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didnt have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.” KnowsHardDoneSawsPrideGuiltBraveDeedsInsightCombinationMaturityHard TimesMedalMarine Book:What It Is Like To Go To War Source: What It Is Like To Go To War
“And I think that it's - the military has actually made improvements, so people are considering post-traumatic stress disorder as, at the least, a possible psychological problem. You know, when I was in Vietnam, it was just considered malingering. And we're making progress.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeProblemProgressMilitaryStressImprovementPsychologicalPostsDisorderVietnamConsideringPost Traumatic Stress DisorderPsychological Problems Author:Karl Marlantes
“It was all absurd, without reason or meaning. People who didn't know each other were going to kill each other over a hill none of them cared about” PeopleKnowsReasonAbsurdHillsMatterhorn Book:Matterhorn Source: Matterhorn
