Quotes September 08, 2023

You don’t attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It’s the same thing with psychotherapy.
James Hillman
 
 
 
 
I was a grunt, walking around in the jungle of Vietnam, trying not to find the enemy. Because I am so big, they were going to give me either a heavy radio or a huge machine gun to carry. I carried a radio.
Bob Gunton
 
 
 
 
“They’re giving us hell, but it won’t stop us from taking the objective. Our guns are bigger than theirs, and God loves the Grunts the way your mommas love me!”
Sgt. First Class Dexter Fithavil, Ariadna Commercial Conflicts
 
 
 
 
“How about suicide rate. And what a shame to lose them after they’ve made it back. We keep them alive, but we don’t teach them how to live.”
Mary Roach, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War