Military Quotes
	“Unlike other players on the combined arms team, American field artillery units were effective performers early in the war…. American artillery doctrine called for centralized control with decentralized execution and the use of tremendous concentrations of indirect fire…. In comparison to infantrymen and tankers, artillerymen found the transition from peacetime theory to battlefield conditions less taxing.” Michael D. Doubler
	"....He recalled the bursting of the shell, followed by a ‘snowstorm of small, white particles that floated down upon us. We looked in amazement, and eyes filled with instant terror. Where the particles landed on shirts and trousers they sizzled and burned. White Phosporus!....Another shell, another missile from hell. Fiery snow!....There was nowhere to hide, no place that was safe.’" Stephen Ambrose
	“It is always proper to assume that the enemy will do what he should do.” GEN Robert E. Lee
	“War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier’s strengths and nerves. For this reason make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.” Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
	“The blow wherever struck, must, to be successful, be sudden and heavy.” GEN Robert E. Lee
	Forward Observer's Lament You climb up the mountain in the drizzling rain, you study the map and then the terrain. All you see is the rain and the mud, the radio's dead, and the first round's a dud. You shoot 16 rounds and what do you get? No registration and soaking wet. S3, don't you call me cause I can't wait - someone stole the wire to my double E8. You look for the RP, and it's easy to see, 1000 yards from your OP. You multiple one by the sensing in mills. And the rounds come out on the distant hills. You shoot 16 rounds and what do you get? No registration and soaking wet. S3, don't you call me cause I can't go. I sold my soul to the FDO. My buddy takes it easy most every day. They bring him pills on a sterile tray. His last command was, "Roger, Wait". Then the round fell on OP 8 You shoot 16 rounds and what do you get? A padded cell and he lives there yet. A purple heart hangs over his bed. And the sun shines through a hole in his head. This is the end of the FO's song. Some people say a man can't go wrong. But they've never been on an old OP. And suffered the mistakes of the FDC.
	“Defense consists of the continuous hitting of the enemy by all means, in imposing the will of the defending side on the enemy, creating disadvantageous conditions for the enemy to conduct combat, and in carrying out broad maneuvers and counterattacks.” General V. G. Reznichenko
	KNOW THE ENEMY AND KNOW YOURSELF; IN A HUNDRED BATTLES YOU WILL NEVER BE IN PERIL. WHEN YOU ARE IGNORANT OF THE ENEMY BUT KNOW YOURSELF, YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING OR LOSING ARE EQUAL. IF IGNORANT BOTH OF YOUR ENEMY AND YOURSELF, YOU ARE CERTAIN IN EVERY BATTLE TO BE IN PERIL. SUN TSU
	“Victory has a hundred memories, but defeat has amnesia.” W.I.E. Gates
	“There are only three ways a commander can influence a battle: fire support, commitment of the reserve, and his personal presence on the battlefield." LTG HAL MOORE
	“It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action has passed.” MG Carl von Clausewitz
	“And perhaps the most influential reflection of all: “In war it is often less important what one does than how one does it. Strong determination and perseverance in carrying through a simple idea are the surest routes to one’s objectives.” Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke
	“War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula.” GEN George S. Patton, Jr.
	“War is a science which depends on art for it’s application.” Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart