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Quote: Intro to Boot Camp


Title: With the Old Breed
Author: E.B. Sledge
Page: 8
“My name is Corporal Doherty. I’m your drill instructor. This is Platoon 984. If any of you idiots think you don’t need to follow my orders, just step right out here and I’ll beat your ass right now. Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Marines. You people are recruits. You’re not Marines. You may not have what i takes to be Marines.”

This looks to be the start of a great book.


November 29, 2010 | GaryPaulson
Tags: boot camp, drill instructor, E.B. Sledge, Jesus, Marines, platoon, Victor Davis Hanson, With the Old Breed, World War II, WWII
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Vocabulary: harquebus


Title: Carnage and Cultrue
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
Sentence: They also collected all the weapons that had been left behind or had fallen into the canal—the cannons, arquebuses, swords, spears, bows and arrows—along with all the steel helmets, coats of mail and breastplates, and the shields of metal, wood, and hide.
Page: 180

Word: harquebus or arquebus
Definition:
  • a matchlock gun invented in the 15th century which was portable but heavy and was usually fired from a support
   Source: Merriam-Webster Online


June 3, 2010 | GaryPaulson
Tags: Carnage and Culture, Victor Davis Hanson
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Vocabulary: caudillo


Title: Carnage and Cultrue
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
Sentence: Characteristically, the caudillo chose neither option.
Page: 176

Word: caudillo
Definition:
  • A leader or chief, especially a military dictator.
  • A political boss; an overlord.
  • Spanish: leader, spanish pronunciation of double 'L'
   Source: The Free Dictionary


May 28, 2010 | GaryPaulson
Tags: Carnage and Culture, Victor Davis Hanson
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Vocabulary: élan


Title: Carnage and Cultrue
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
Sentence: The Roman republican army was not merely a machine. Its real strength lay in the natural élan of the tough yeoman infantry of Italy, the hard-nosed rustics who voted in the local assemblies of the towns and demes of Italy and were every bit as ferocious as the more threatening-looking and larger Europeans to the north.
Page: 118

Word: élan
Definition:
  • spirited self-assurance; verve; dash; enthusiasm
   Source: YourDictionary.com


May 27, 2010 | GaryPaulson
Tags: Carnage and Culture, Victor Davis Hanson
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