Speaking of Combat

"In between every trial there would stretch out the tedium that sucks a man dry, drawing off the juice from body and soul as a native removes the contents of a stick of sugar cane leaving it spent, cracked, good for nothing but the flames." Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow

I shall be forever puzzled why humans engage in such leud acts as war, but I will also have an unending respect for those who died and the ones that survived. Its very horrible and interesting what these boys went through in previous conflicts and what they still endure today.