When You're Scared, You're Still

During The Air War Of 1944, A Four-man Combat Crew On A B-17 Bomber Took A Vow To Never Abandon One Another No Matter How Desperate The Situation. The Aircraft Was Hit By Flak During A Mission And Went Into A Terminal Dive, And The Pilot Ordered Everyone To Bail Out. The Top Turret Gunner Obeyed The Order, But The Ball Turret Gunner Discovered That A Piece Of Flak Had Jammed His Turret And He Could Not Get Out. The Other Three Men In His Pact Could Have Bailed Out With The Parachutes, But They Stayed With Him Until The Plan Hit The Ground And Exploded. They All Died.

I’ve Stopped War Reporting. I Realized That I’d Answered All Of My Questions About War And About Myself.

If You Shell A Military Base And Happen To Kill Civilians, You Have Not Committed A War Crime; If You Deliberately Target Cities And Towns, You Have.

At 19, Your Brain Hasn't Finished Wiring Itself. So The First Time You Have A Good Friend Die, Most People Don't Go Through That At 19. Soldiers Do. They're Facing Life In This Accelerated, Compressed Form, And A Lot Of Times, They're Not Ready For It.

The Coward’s Fear Of Death Stems In Large Part From His Incapacity To Love Anything But His Own Body. The Inability To Participate In Others’ Lives Stands In The Way Of His Developing Any Inner Resources Sufficient To Overcome The Terror Of Death. — J. Glenn Gary, The Warriors