On this mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: ''I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.'' To the executioner: ''Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thy office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty.''
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The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
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'If we do happen to step on a mine, Sir, what do we do?'
'Normal procedure, Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet in the air and scatter oneself over a wide area.'
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On this mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself. To the executioner: Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thy office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning... Smells like victory.
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