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Duty Honor Country · January 24th, 2005

correct for 350 mil bucks

"No history now extant can furnish an inastance of an army's suffering such uncommon hardships as ours has done and bearing with them the same patience and fortitude. To see men without cloths to cover their nakidness, without blankets to lie on, without shoes (for the want of which their marches might be traced by the book from their feet)...and submitting without a murmur, if a proof of patience and obedience which in my opinion can scarce be paralleled."

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Charge 7 · January 24th, 2005

Thanks, Doody, Uncle Joe is about the last Soviet I'd have picked to say that so I owe it all to your clue. Really amazing how duplicitous he actually was.

Okay my guesses for the latest one are:

Napolean Bonaparte at Borodino

Duty Honor Country · January 24th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charge_7

Thanks, Doody, Uncle Joe is about the last Soviet I'd have picked to say that so I owe it all to your clue. Really amazing how duplicitous he actually was.

Okay my guesses for the latest one are:

Napolean Bonaparte at Borodino

I know!! I had to read the quote 2 times to make sure of its content. He said it back in 1934

A very good guess but no, Napolean did not say that line nor was it said at Borodino.

C/2nd Lt Robot · January 25th, 2005

I have the strange feeling that it was our own Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge ( I sure hope i spelled it right).

Duty Honor Country · January 25th, 2005

your feelings betray you...jk correct for 300 mil bucks

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250 mil bucks for who said it. For each guess, I will give a hint

Charge 7 · January 25th, 2005

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Duty Honor Country · January 27th, 2005

correct, I will not post any more FDR quotes.

"Colonel, why do you not get your brigade together, keep it together and move on?"

"It's impossible, General; I can't do it."

"Don't say it's impossible. Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, if I have to take him from the ranks."

"Soon a different state of things showed the effect of the indomitable will of this man."

300 mil bucks for who is the General

C/2nd Lt Robot · January 27th, 2005

Stone Wall Jackson

Duty Honor Country · January 27th, 2005

Am I making these too easy??? 300 mil bucks for you

"No army can be efficient unless it be a unit for action; and the powers must come from above, not below...No matter how troops come together, when once united, the highest officer in rank is held responsible."

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Charge 7 · January 27th, 2005

Erwin Rommel

January 24th, 2005	#41
Duty Honor Country	correct for 350 mil bucks "No history now extant can furnish an inastance of an army's suffering such uncommon hardships as ours has done and bearing with them the same patience and fortitude. To see men without cloths to cover their nakidness, without blankets to lie on, without shoes (for the want of which their marches might be traced by the book from their feet)...and submitting without a murmur, if a proof of patience and obedience which in my opinion can scarce be paralleled." 150 mil bucks for who said it 150 mil bucks for where he said it "The best form of taking care of troops is first-class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties." Erwin Rommel

January 24th, 2005	#42
Charge 7	Thanks, Doody, Uncle Joe is about the last Soviet I'd have picked to say that so I owe it all to your clue. Really amazing how duplicitous he actually was. Okay my guesses for the latest one are: Napolean Bonaparte at Borodino "Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings." - Frederick the Great, King of Prussia

January 25th, 2005	#44
C/2nd Lt Robot	I have the strange feeling that it was our own Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge ( I sure hope i spelled it right). WOLFPACK! The Devil wanted a refund on my soul; I told him all sales final.

January 27th, 2005	#47
Duty Honor Country	correct, I will not post any more FDR quotes. "Colonel, why do you not get your brigade together, keep it together and move on?" "It's impossible, General; I can't do it." "Don't say it's impossible. Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, if I have to take him from the ranks." "Soon a different state of things showed the effect of the indomitable will of this man." 300 mil bucks for who is the General