Button is a romantic warrior lost in modern times

Ethyl 2021-12-07 08:01:42

[Barton] General, I just obeyed the order, as if I was a simple veteran...

[Correspondent] Sir, General Alexander heard that we were advancing westward and sent a telegram saying that it should stop immediately. Don't go beyond Agrigento, repeat it, and stop immediately.

[Barton] That’s what you think it means, but I think it’s an unclear communication. Please send it again. In addition, don't rush to do it, it will take at least half a day for communication to be normal.

[Correspondent] Received.

[Barton] Brad, where did we talk?

[Brad] We talked about you as a simple veteran...

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Patton quotes

  • Patton: The Nazis are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill *their* blood. Shoot *them* in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do.

  • Capt. Oskar Steiger: [about Patton] The pure warrior... a magnificent anachronism. The absence of war will destroy him.