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Samson 2022-04-24 07:01:06
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What is the real war like?
A hail of bullets? Flesh and blood? Howling, numb? Is it crawling in the mud with a severed limb, or is the blood in the abdomen rushing to the throat, and the suffocation like drowning after the fishy sweetness? …I
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Russell 2022-04-21 09:02:04
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War is a terrible thing that twists everything, humanity, and facts.
Nowadays, the only person who has a high prestige in the American film industry and dares to speak is the old cowboy Clint Eastwood. At the age of 76, he still maintains such a strong desire to create, and his spirit is not...
Michael Molthen
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John "Doc" Bradley: [At the mock Mount Suribachi in Soldier Field] You gotta be kidding.
Bud Gerber: Hey, it took a lot of talented folks a long time to make that thing. Just wait till tonight when it's lit properly and there's thousands of cheering people in the stands, it's gonna look a lot better. So, stadium lights come down, spotlight comes up, you get your cue, you charge up this thing with the flag, you plant it at the top. You smile, you wave, you know the drill.
John "Doc" Bradley: You want us to plant the flag on a pile of papier-mache.
Bud Gerber: Hey, that's showbiz. And try to stand how you stood the first time you planted it. Just, you know, pretend the other three guys are with you.
Ira Hayes: The *dead* guys.
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Ira Hayes: I know it's a good thing, raising the money and that, 'cause we need it. But, I can't take them calling me a hero. All I did was try not to get shot. Some of the things I saw done, things I did, they weren't things to be proud of, you know? Mike... Mike was a hero. You ever meet him?
Keyes Beech: No.
Ira Hayes: Best Marine I ever met.
Keyes Beech: You know, Chief, I think if Mike was sitting here instead of you, he'd be saying the same thing about himself, not being a hero.
Ira Hayes: Maybe. He was a good guy, but I think that he'd be ashamed of me, seeing me the way I am.
