Re: AWOL soldier who fled to Canada surrenders at Fort Knox
On Nov 2, 2006, at 7:41 PM, B. wrote:
“Having grown up in an age of security, we all had a nostalgia for the unusual great perils. The war thus seized hold of us like strong liquor. It was under a hail of flowers that we left, drunk on roses and blood. Without a doubt, the war offered us grandeur, strength and gravity. It seemed to us like a virile exploit: the joyous combats of infantrymen in the meadows where blood fell like dew on the flowers. “
– Ernst Jünger, Storms of Steel
Christian P pointed out recently that soldiers get a kick out being
“part of history” - in contrast to their friends who stayed home,
drank beer, and worked at Home Depot.
Doug