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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany QUOTES

Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany QUOTES

1 " Nor did the Americans find it necessary to wage a ruthless campaign. As has been mentioned previously, both sides respected "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

2 " Ethnic Germans also surrendered. Even veterans of the Eastern Front. Corp. Friedrich Bertenrath of the 2nd Panzer Division explained, "In Russia, I could imagine nothing but fighting to the last man. We knew that going into a prison camp in Russia meant you were dead. In Normandy, one always had in the back of his mind, 'Well, if everything goes to hell, the Americans are human enough that the prospect of becoming their prisoner was attractive to some extent. "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

3 " They were learning about others. A common experience: the guy who talked toughest, bragged most, excelled in maneuvers, everyone’s pick to be the top soldier in the company, was the first to break, while the soft-talking kid who was hardly noticed in camp was the standout in combat. These are the clichés of war novels precisely because they are true. They "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

4 " Pvt. David Webster of the 101st spoke directly to it. On February 15, a buddy had died a particularly gruesome death. Webster wrote, “He wasn’t twenty years old. He hadn’t begun to live. Shrieking and moaning, he gave up his life on a stretcher. Back in America the standard of living continued to rise. Back in America the race tracks were booming, the night clubs were making record profits , Miami Beach was so crowded you couldn’t get a room anywhere. Few people seemed to care. Hell, this was a boom, this was prosperity , this was the way to fight a war. We wondered if the people would ever know what it cost the soldiers in terror, bloodshed, and hideous, agonizing deaths to win the war.” 48 "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

5 " I sometimes think the biggest price we pay for war is what might have been. "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

6 " A tank cannon thrust through a kitchen door really stimulates exodus "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

7 " The Bridge at Remagen, "

― Stephen E. Ambrose , Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany