Ernie Pyle Quotes

One of the parodoxes of war is that those in the rear want to get up into the fight, while those in the lines want to get out.

Ernie Pyle

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• One of the parodoxes of war is that those in the rear want to get up into the fight, while those in the lines want to get out.

  

  Ernie Pyle
  • War
  • Fight
  • Paradoxes