The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.
Nathan Bedford Forrest. . . used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could; but when they reached the field they usually tied their horses to trees and fought on foot, and they were as good as the very best infantry. Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was to git thar fust with the most men.
The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.
As a result of the cold, the machine-guns were no longer able to fire. . . the result of all this was a panic. . . The battle worthiness of our infantry is at an end
I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.
War is a crime. Ask the Infantry and ask the dead.
Infantry, Artillery, Aviation--all that we have--are yours to dispose of as you will. . . . I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history.
Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost.
Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.
All front-line combat jobs in the infantry, special operations units and elsewhere are now open to women.
The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.
My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.
Let's presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone.
I think you can maintain two tracks. I think you have to. That's what this kind of filmmaking is about. If you're not aware of the limitations of what you're up against. . . it's like a general: you have to know your artillery and you have to know your infantry. You have to know what you have. You have to marshal your forces and use them well. It comes down to the personal and the intimate, but at the same time you have to have the big picture.
The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry on the battlefields of Korea … are writing a brilliant record of achievement in battle and I am proud indeed to have them in this command. I wish that we might have many more like them.
I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.
I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.