From: utzoo!henry Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: Nazi? Scmatzie! Article-I.D.: utzoo.2323 Posted: Sun Aug 1 00:40:39 1982 Received: Sun Aug 1 00:40:39 1982 "Combat turns most infantrymen into pacifists" isn't from Das Boot, it just seemed relevant. It's from Bill Mauldin's book "Up Front" (which, despite being a thin frame of text wrapped around a collection of WW2 cartoons, is a vivid portrayal of what it was like to be an infantryman in Italy and France). There are similar observations in "How To Make War", an excellent book on the realities of modern warfare. I actually can't vouch for which place the exact wording came from.