Infantry Division Quotes

• The army consists of the first infantry division and eight million replacements.

  Sebastian Junger

  Army, Eight, Firsts

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• The Dead and Those About to Die is a gripping, first-hand account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the legendary 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One. On the 70th anniversary of that momentous event, John C. McManus’s tale of courage under fire is a vivid reminder that freedom isn’t free and that when the chips are down stalwart American soldiers will always answer the call of duty.

  Carlo D'Este

  Beach, Fire, Hands

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• We live in a selectively infantilized culture where twentysomethings are children if they're serving in the Third Infantry Division in Ramadi but grown-ups making rational choices if they drop to the broadloom in President Clinton's Oval Office.

  Mark Steyn

  Children, Office, Choices

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• You've got soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division who are going every day on operations and they don't all have what is considered to be the gold standard in armor

  Duncan Hunter

  Soldier, Gold, Armor

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• I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Republic, Been In Love, Five

  Letter to Marlene Dietrich, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 01, 1930.

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