#infantry

Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where I was or what I was doing except that I was obeying orders and trying not to be killed in any of the variety of horrible ways open to me. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#fifth-business #historians #infantry #orders #survival

I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else. ↗

— Bill Mauldin

#army #convinced #else #gets #gives

General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place. ↗

— John Buford

#artillery #attempted #fight #force #found

Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#become #defending #good #infantry #lost

Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen. ↗

— William Alexander Henry

#how #infantryman #look #much #seen

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#armed #attack #cavalry #courage #dares

Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure. ↗

— George Kennedy

#attribute #being #combination #course #exposure