Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?
Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does.
Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.
Marines dying or being seriously wounded is commonplace in combat.
A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.
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