Quotes About Veteran

I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.

There's no doubt that having some guys on the bench that have been through things, and that are older and experienced, understand not just the highs but the lows of losing a game. Winning and keeping a steadiness throughout a game, their voice in timeouts, it's really valuable.

Our benefactor is retired Army Command Sergeant Major, a decorated Korean War veteran, who was given what we call a "plum assignment" at SHAPE just outside of Paris where he worked as an intelligence analyst and was given a Cosmic Top Secret clearance, the highest in the Command. It was there that his profound inner transformation from innocent "good soldier" to disillusioned, concerned citizen took place.

Mrs. Patrick Cambell is an aged British battleship sinking rapidly and firing every available gun on her rescuers.

Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.

Stache's attack was perfectly timed, thanks to his veteran-pirate grasp tactics—and a big piece if luck.

What happened was, they put me and my co-marshal, author Ridley Pearson, into an antique fire truck along with Daisy Duck and Clarabelle the Cow. I have nothing against either of these veteran Disney characters, but let's be honest, their careers are not currently sizzling, especially in the case of Clarabelle, who hasn't had a hit cartoon since roughly the Civil War.

At least, I did. And I think Chester did, too. In World War II. It's something every combat vet has to live with. Once a person has learned how to survive, and what must be done, that instinct lies just below the surface, very thinly covered with a civilized veneer.

Tuan-Tuan, aku tidak ingin disebut seorang veteran. Sampai masuk ke liang kubur aku ingin menjadi pejuang ubtuk Republik Indonesia - Dr. Douwes Dekker

And when I saw this small, dignified man emerge from the plane, bow, and then stand rigidly at attention for his ovation, I suddenly realized that he was something I had not seen—a man who was still living in 1944! Or at least only a few days out of it. A man who for the past thirty years must have been carrying around in his head the forgotten wartime propaganda of those times.

fingers, with his bad eye. He was fighting the Repatriation

Fifty years old, 212 fights, and I'm still pretty.

Nobody has wrestled everybody in the business like I have, especially not Bret Hart.

We cherish the chance to say thank you in person to Cpl. Frank Buckles.

I'm a character actress.

Being the more experienced fighter absolutely gives you added confidence.

He studied me. "You were in Nam?" I nodded. "Yep." He turned to Lolo. "Hey, Chief, how many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" She stared at him. "I don't know." He pointed his cigar at her in an agitated fashion. "That's right, because you weren't there, man!" We

The ship's head was directly behind these bunks, and one veteran recalled that the LSTs "stank of diesel oil, backed-up toilets, and vomit.

It's easier to get people to talk to you if you're a vet and you want to interview a vet about war. Sometimes they open up a little bit easier.

I'm a vet. I know the game and know how to play the game.

I have vet status. I'll try to take over that role a little bit.

It's one thing to talk to a vet about something, but when you're talking to a fellow rookie going through the same struggles you are, you kind of understand it - and you grow together like that.

Steve Blake is a great vet, but when I'm sitting behind him it's just like, c'mon, guys.'

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.