“As Peleliu dragged on, I feared that if I ever lost control of myself under shell fire my mind would be shattered.” MindPtsdShellingP79 Book:With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Source: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
“War shapes itself around them, gunfire that sounds like pneumatic drilling, shelling that drums the earth and sends shudders into the house, the windows and the wooden floors rattling...” WarDestructionGunfireShelling Book:Prophet Song Source: Prophet Song
“It screamed downward, splitting air and sky without effort. A target expanded in size, brought into focus by time and velocity. There was a moment before impact that was the last instant of things as they were. Then the visible world exploded.” WarViolenceTerrorBombingAhimsaSarajevoBomb BlastShelling Book:The Cellist of Sarajevo Source: The Cellist of Sarajevo