“I'm eighty-three and homeless. It was the same when World War II ended. The Army kept me on because I could type, so I was typing other people's discharges and stuff. And my feeling was "Please, I've done everything I was supposed to do. Can I go home now?" That what I feel right now. I've written books. Lots of them. Please, I've done everything I'm supposed to do. Can I go home now? I've wondered where home is. It's when I was in Indianapolis when I was nine years old. Had a dog, a cat, a brother, a sister.” PeopleWorldFeelsYearsBookWarDoneFeelingsHomeAgeThreeStuffWrittenDogBrotherTypePleaseRight NowCatArmyNineOld AgeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IHomelessEightyFeels RightNine YearsDischargeTypingIndianapolisWhere Home Is Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the Jewish people and say, 'Shalom, brother.' I go to the Muslim people and say, 'Salaam aleikum.'I go to the Chinese people and say, 'Nee hao mah,' which means, 'How you doin'?' I go to the Japanese people and say, 'Konnichiwa.' I go to San Antonio, Texas, and I get along with Mexicans. Then I go to Louisiana and hang with the Creoles. Moving around a lot made me a man of all people.” PeopleMenMeanMadeKidsMovingNationsTaughtBrotherBasketballArmyChineseTexasBe A ManLouisianaAntonioShalomCreoleSan Antonio Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable. ... The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. ... When human law conflicts with Divine law, my duty is clear. Conscience, my infallible guide, impels me to tell you that prison, death, or both, are infinitely preferable to joining any branch of the Army.” MenHumansArtLawFatherBeliefHeavenClearTaughtDivineBrotherDutyConflictConscienceCrossesArmyPrisonGuidesConvincedResistanceDoctrineBranchesCommandmentsUnconditionalOur FatherNationalityJoiningTaught UsInfallibleInexorableClear ConscienceSoundnessDivine LawNazarene Author:Ben Salmon
“I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.” PeopleThinkingWarCountryFatherForceFeltSupportAirBrotherDutyGrewHonorGrew UpArmySoldierWarriorMy BrotherOfficersGrandfatherMy GrandfatherAir ForceKinship Author:Kris Kristofferson
“My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum was a traditional housewife and mother. They showed my brother and I unconditional love.” LightWantedMotherTeacherBrotherDadDecidedArmyMy DadTraditionalMy BrotherUnconditional LoveEngineersMumUnconditionalHousewifeBoxers Author:Anthony Browne
“Being a military child, we moved a lot and we developed different vernaculars from moving from the south, to the Midwest, and seeing the world. Going from New York to California and from Jamaica Queens to the South, I was always the new kid, or had the army crew haircut. I expected people to pick up on me. My brother kinda stole all of my old jokes. He got his inspiration from me.” PeopleWorldChildrenDifferentInspirationKidsMovingSeeingMilitaryNew YorkBrotherJokesPicksArmyMovedSouthExpectedCaliforniaQueensMy BrotherCrewHaircutsSeeing The WorldMidwestJamaicaOld Jokes Author:Joe Torry
“After about midday my dad sent cars from his private collection for us. We were told to get in. We had almost lost contact with my father and brothers because things had got out of hand. I saw with my own eyes the [Iraqi] army withdrawing and the terrified faces of the Iraqi soldiers who, unfortunately, were running away and looking around them. Missiles were falling on my left and my right - they were not more than fifty or one hundred metres away. We moved in small cars. I had a gun between my feet just in case.” HandsEyeRunningFacesFallFatherLostLeftMy OwnCasesSawsFeetCarBrotherDadHundredGunArmyMovedMy DadSoldierContactFiftyCollectionsRunning AwayTerrifiedMissilesWithdrawingFather And Brother Author:Raghad Hussein
“My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing.” TryingFatherSportsFansBrotherArmyBritishChampionToneMy BrotherBoxingCrapAlways TryingBoxersBritish Army Author:Hugh Jackman
“Marx.... Lenin.... Mao Tse-Tung.... These men were animated by the love of brother and this we must believe though their ends meant the seizure of power, and the building of mighty armies, the compulsion of concentration camps, the forced labor and torture and killing of tens of thousands, even millions.” MenBelieveEndsMillionsBuildingBrotherLaborArmyKillingTortureConcentrationCampsCompulsionAnimatedConcentration CampMaoSeizures Author:Dorothy Day
“I know you were surprised when, after the fall of Dacca, Pakistani and Indian officers shook hands. But do you realize that, up until 1965, in our army and the Pakistani one you could come across generals who were brothers? Blood brothers, sons of the same father and the same mother.” KnowsHandsMotherFallFatherRealizingBloodSonBrotherArmyIndianOfficersBlood Brothers Author:Indira Gandhi