Patton's "dumb bastard"

[victor steinbok]

The book is in GB, but the snippet is rather useless--only the header
is visible, but it does say "let the other guy die for his country".

VS-)

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> 1944 Gilbert Bailey _Boot_ (N.Y.: Macmillan) 31: The idea works. It saves
> lives. Like Sergeant Rountree told us when he wound up a lecture on the M1
> rifle: "Learn to use this thing. LET THE OTHER BASTARD DIE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
> YOU LIVE FOR YOURS."

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