“The American soldier is quick in adapting himself to a new mode of living. Outfits which have been here only three days have dug vast networks of ditches three feet deep in the bare brown earth. They have rigged up a light here and there with a storage battery.” Has BeensLightEarthThreeLiteratureFeetSoldierBrownHere And ThereBatteriesAdaptingStorageOutfitsRiggedAmerican Soldier Author:Ernie Pyle
“Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her home, workshop, larder, middenpit. Her lousy skin scabbed here and there by cities provides us with name and nation.” HomeEarthNamesNationsChanceCitiesSkinsPraiseGreenHere And ThereWorkshopsGreen Earth Book:The Poems of Basil Bunting Source: The Poems of Basil Bunting