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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Quotes from Gen. Patton ~ Aug. 6, 2007
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Posted on 08/05/2007 3:30:55 PM PDT by StarCMC

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~ Hall of Heroes ~

Famous quotes of
Gen. George S. Patton

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"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week."

“A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.”

"America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.”

“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.”

“By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.”

“Do everything you ask of those you command.”

“Do more than is required of you.”

“Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.”

“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.”

“I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.”

“I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.”

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”

“If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.”

“In case of doubt, attack.”

“It’s the unconquerable soul of man, not the nature of the weapon he uses, that insures victory.”

“Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. ”

“Live for something rather than die for nothing.”

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.”

“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.”

“Never let the enemy pick the battle site.”

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”

“Say what you mean and mean what you say.”

“Success is how you bounce on the bottom.”

“The leader must be an actor."

“The soldier is the army.”

“There is only one type of discipline, perfect discipline.”

“War is simple, direct, and ruthless.”

“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.”

“You’re never beaten until you admit it.”

“You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.”

 

 

"Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tire, more hungry. Keep punching."

"In landing operations, retreat is impossible, to surrender is as ignoble as it is foolish… above all else remember that we as attackers have the initiative, we know exactly what we are going to do, while the enemy is ignorant of our intentions and can only parry our blows. We must retain this tremendous advantage by always attacking rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, and without rest."

"An Army is a team; lives, sleeps, eats, fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is a lot of crap."

"War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity."

"No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage."

"A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it."

"In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it."

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

"Wars might be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who leads that gains the victory."

"… many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men."

"Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and certainly as valuable as the airplane."

"An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undue eminence in the perspective of our minds; for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war."

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare."

"Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little."

 

 

THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY
by Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

Through the travail of the ages,
Midst the pomp and toil of war,
Have I fought and strove and perished
Countless times upon this star.

In the form of many people
In all panoplies of time
Have I seen the luring vision
Of the Victory Maid, sublime.

I have battled for fresh mammoth,
I have warred for pastures new,
I have listed to the whispers
When the race trek instinct grew.

I have known the call to battle
In each changeless changing shape
From the high souled voice of conscience
To the beastly lust for rape.

I have sinned and I have suffered,
Played the hero and the knave;
Fought for belly, shame, or country,
And for each have found a grave.

I cannot name my battles
For the visions are not clear,
Yet, I see the twisted faces
And I feel the rending spear.

Perhaps I stabbed our Savior
In His sacred helpless side.
Yet, I've called His name in blessing
When after times I died.

In the dimness of the shadows
Where we hairy heathens warred,
I can taste in thought the lifeblood;
We used teeth before the sword.

While in later clearer vision
I can sense the coppery sweat,
Feel the pikes grow wet and slippery
When our Phalanx, Cyrus met.

Hear the rattle of the harness
Where the Persian darts bounced clear,
See their chariots wheel in panic
From the Hoplite's leveled spear.

See the goal grow monthly longer,
Reaching for the walls of Tyre.
Hear the crash of tons of granite,
Smell the quenchless eastern fire.

Still more clearly as a Roman,
Can I see the Legion close,
As our third rank moved in forward
And the short sword found our foes.

Once again I feel the anguish
Of that blistering treeless plain
When the Parthian showered death bolts,
And our discipline was in vain.

I remember all the suffering
Of those arrows in my neck.
Yet, I stabbed a grinning savage
As I died upon my back.

Once again I smell the heat sparks
When my Flemish plate gave way
And the lance ripped through my entrails
As on Crecy's field I lay.

In the windless, blinding stillness
Of the glittering tropic sea
I can see the bubbles rising
Where we set the captives free.

Midst the spume of half a tempest
I have heard the bulwarks go
When the crashing, point blank round shot
Sent destruction to our foe.

I have fought with gun and cutlass
On the red and slippery deck
With all Hell aflame within me
And a rope around my neck.

And still later as a General
Have I galloped with Murat
When we laughed at death and numbers
Trusting in the Emperor's Star.

Till at last our star faded,
And we shouted to our doom
Where the sunken road of Ohein
Closed us in it's quivering gloom.

So but now with Tanks a'clatter
Have I waddled on the foe
Belching death at twenty paces,
By the star shell's ghastly glow.

So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

And I see not in my blindness
What the objects were I wrought,
But as God rules o'er our bickerings
It was through His will I fought.

So forever in the future,
Shall I battle as of yore,
Dying to be born a fighter,
But to die again, once more.

 

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To: STARWISE

*HUG*
Thank you Starwise!
I DID love it!
We do send offs, and welcome home rides too!
We also have a dept. called “help on the Home Front”
to help the families of deployed soldiers, and also families who have lost loved ones..
Joining the PGR is the most significant thing we have ever done!
;0)
Ms.B


101 posted on 08/05/2007 9:12:55 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: laurenmarlowe

((((Lauren)))))

Thanks for these wonderful stories of our awesome troops!

I hope their families see them....and know how proud we
are of their sons and daughters, fathers and mothers,
brothers and sisters!


102 posted on 08/05/2007 9:13:44 PM PDT by luvie (Thompson)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; All
What you all do IS so wonderful. God bless you for caring for our brightest lights!

To wind down the day .........


Paul Hardcastle, The Jazzmasters ~~ Northern Lights


Paul Hardcastle, The Jazzmasters ~~ Lost Summer

103 posted on 08/05/2007 9:41:39 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

It is our pleasure, and thank you for your kind words!
*HUG*
ms.B


104 posted on 08/05/2007 9:53:58 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: STARWISE

I LOVE Paul Hardcastle!

Thank God for our troops!


105 posted on 08/05/2007 10:05:47 PM PDT by luvie (Thompson)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN; STARWISE; Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC; trussell; BIGLOOK; All

This music is posted for the express pleasure of the troops deployed.
God bless them and keep them safe from harm as they protect us.

GOD BLESS THIS CANTEEN!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Dick Damron~Night Music
*YAWN*

GOOD NIGHT DEAR FRIENDS...LOVE YA! (((HUGS)))

106 posted on 08/05/2007 10:12:42 PM PDT by luvie (Thompson)
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To: STARWISE
Thanks, Commander Anthony Giglio, for your service to our country. God Speed!


107 posted on 08/05/2007 10:14:45 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: LUV W
Good night a sleep well, Luv. Thanks to you and your "boys" for your service to our country.


108 posted on 08/05/2007 10:19:35 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Tanniker Smith; LUV W
wh!!

TS.....#50!!
Luv.....#100!!


109 posted on 08/05/2007 10:22:56 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

*HUG*
You home safe and sound, Ma?
I’m about done for here..
Ms.B


110 posted on 08/05/2007 10:23:25 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Safe and sound....20 folks in front of me at the post office. Food onboard and sippy cup in place. Drooping, but work to do. LOL!!


111 posted on 08/05/2007 10:33:08 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; mylife; LUV W; NYTexan; BIGLOOK; Old Sarge; All

*HUG*
Okay, now that you’re safe and sound, I’m off to me bedchamber!
Good night Ma!
Good night Canteeners, Veterans and Troops!
God Bless and keep you always!
Ms.B


112 posted on 08/05/2007 10:36:57 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: LUV W

She’s SO adorable .. sweet Piper .. ;)


113 posted on 08/05/2007 10:45:18 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN
Good night and sleep tight, ms b...*HUGS*
Thanks for helping honor and entertain our troops.


114 posted on 08/05/2007 10:46:46 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: StarCMC
 
 
 
Iraqi female police officers fire pistols under the watchful eye of U.S. Marines at the pistol range on Joint Security Station Iron in Ramadi, Iraq, on July 28, 2007. The female officers are being trained by fellow police officers and U.S. Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.  
 
I dunno, is it me or is it my imagination that  that Trooper is actually staring at her Boobs?
 
 
 
U.S. Navy Airman Aaron Gischer tightens the fasteners on a panel as he performs preflight maintenance on an SH-60F Seahawk helicopter on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 1, 2007. Gischer is attached to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2 deployed aboard the Lincoln.
 
I dunno, is it just me or is it because  the panel fastener tighteners on helicopters work off of solid ground the reason that helicopters are called "non fixed wing" aircraft?   Read it twice.
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Frank Woode looks for a positive identification of explosives residue on an Iraqi man's hands at Hateen Market during a patrol in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 31, 2007. Woode is attached to Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.
 
I dunno, is it just me or shouldn't a suspect in a terror bombing be standing in front of the investigating Troopers and not behind them?
 
 
 
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with the top 25 U.S. Air Force airmen at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, on Aug. 2, 2007.
 
I dunno, is it just me or do the top Airmen look a lot more like Airwomen?
 
 
 
U.S. Army soldiers rehearse for a night air assault mission in Al Wahida, Iraq, on July 2, 2007.
 
I dunno, is it just me or shouldn't pratice for night air assault missions be actually held at night?
 
 

115 posted on 08/05/2007 10:58:52 PM PDT by Radix (Mr. Natural says..."Be like two fried eggs. Keep your sunny side up.")
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To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
((HUGS))Morning, Ladies. How's it going?

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

116 posted on 08/06/2007 2:55:41 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: StarCMC

BTTT


117 posted on 08/06/2007 2:56:03 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: blackie; Jet Jaguar; Jack Deth; txradioguy; tongue-tied; E.G.C.; Laurita; SoldierDad; Allegra; ...



118 posted on 08/06/2007 3:05:27 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: All
Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

How about a donut?

Coffee is always on........

Or a sandwich?


119 posted on 08/06/2007 3:08:19 AM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good morning Kathy.


120 posted on 08/06/2007 3:17:59 AM PDT by Pusterfuss (Proud member: Minnesotans for Global Warming)
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