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"It comes down to this: we're pieces of equipmentTo be counted and signed for. On occasion some of us break down,And those parts which can't be salvagedAre replaced with other GI parts, that's all."

- Rolando Hinojosa

poetrywarkorean-war

"Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefiled and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, command..."

- David Halberstam

fearkorean-war

"Too young for Korea, too old for Vietnam."

- Don DeLillo

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"People hated and killed each other back then. Now even those who survived are dying, leaving this world one by one. Unless we find a way to forgive one another, none of us will ever be able to see eac..."

- Hwang Sok-yong

forgivenesskorean-war

"There is an old saying that goes 'Start by plucking a hair, end by killing a man'. It is also said, 'Two hands must meet to make a sound'. The atrocities that happened here weren't carried out by stra..."

- Hwang Sok-yong

deathevilwarkorean-war

"The blazing sun beat down on the concrete of the museum's front yard- Reverend Ryu Yosop felt as if the heat were sucking up all the moisture in his brain and heart. What different colors he and his b..."

- Hwang Sok-yong

warperspectivekorean-warkorea

"It was during this terrible night that the three wounded died, and the jeeps froze solid."

- Pat Frank

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"We had it drilled into us time and time again: 'If someone above you falls, grip tightly to the vertical rope and cradle that person in your arms until help can get to you.'...If someone fell down on ..."

- C.S. Crawford

militarykorean-warmarines

"All right. They’re on our left. They’re on our right. They’re in front of us, they’re behind us. They can’t get away this time’."

- Jeff Shaara quoting Colonel "Chesty" Puller

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"Back then, I think, both sides were just very young. They needed to grow up enough to realize that thing get quite complicated in the business of living, that a lot of things require mutual understand..."

- Hwang Sok-yong

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