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My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day. -- Craig Brown
I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in the Second Infantry Division. -- Charles B. Rangel
Every battalion has its marching songs. -- Patrick MacGill
The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach. -- Clint Eastwood
The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at Abu Ghraib just for force protection alone. -- Janis Karpinski
A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. -- Theodor Adorno
What America is thirsting for now is a battalion of strong, down-to-earth 'doers' - managers, frontline activists, business and social entrepreneurs engaged in tackling America's manifold problems of unemployment, education, and competitive slouch. -- Tina Brown
The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business. -- Peter Scott
Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect. -- Patrick MacGill
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission. -- Patrick MacGill
In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading. -- J. F. C. Fuller
The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job. -- David Petraeus
Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I see artists as a great battalion moving through paint, words, music towards cosmological interpretation. -- Lawrence Durrell
My team is the best, the platoon is good, the companyï»¿ is awful, and the battalion is actively trying to kill us. -- Nathaniel Fick
When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
I used to write letters to the wounded in the Palace Hotel, and I used to drive a station wagon with blood in bottles to a battalion aid station. -- Martha Gellhorn

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