Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!zehntel!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:aat From: aat@pucc-h (Jeff Smith) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Military quotes Message-ID: <1349@pucc-h> Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 12:26:15 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-h.1349 Posted: Sat Oct 13 12:26:15 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 03:34:50 EDT Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 14 Another fairly famous military quote: Smedley Butler, a marine commander in France in WWI, allegedly exhorted his men into battle* once with "Come on you! Do you want to live forever?" (Smedley was the kind of guy who lead by example.) Jeff Smith @ Purdue University Computing Center *I can't remember the details of which battle, but a recent issue of Smithsonian magazine has this quote, as well as other details of Butler's colorful career. UUCP: {decvax, icalqa, ihnp4, inuxc, sequent, uiucdcs}!pur-ee!pucc-h:aat