Quote of the day: The most demoralizing thing you can do
"The most demoralizing thing you can ever have to do is carry your dead down a mountain. It took us two days to get them out [to a spot where a helicopter could land]. We had to hump all the way down to the river. We couldn’t find any clearings all the way down." – ...
"The most demoralizing thing you can ever have to do is carry your dead down a mountain. It took us two days to get them out [to a spot where a helicopter could land]. We had to hump all the way down to the river. We couldn't find any clearings all the way down." - Charles Kirkey, recalling a 1971 mission when he was a company commander in the Americal Division. (Quoted p. 91, Keith William Nolan, Sappers in the Wire: The Life and Death of Firebase Mary Ann.)
"The most demoralizing thing you can ever have to do is carry your dead down a mountain. It took us two days to get them out [to a spot where a helicopter could land]. We had to hump all the way down to the river. We couldn’t find any clearings all the way down." – Charles Kirkey, recalling a 1971 mission when he was a company commander in the Americal Division. (Quoted p. 91, Keith William Nolan, Sappers in the Wire: The Life and Death of Firebase Mary Ann.)
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