[littleharbour]

“There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here.”

~ Colonel George A. Taylor, Commanding Officer, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, First U.S. Army

[dfwgator]

“There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here.”

In "The Longest Day", it was Major General Norman Cota, played by Robert Mitchum, that said that.