Nov 2017
Simple isn't the same as easy.
Waiting isn't the same as staying
awake
Hearing isn't the same as heeding
commands
Walking isn't the same as staying
dry
Shooting isn't the same as hitting
your target
Advancing and isn't the same as dodging
the bullets
Fighting isn't the same as killing
men.
Simple isn't the same as easy.
Living isn't the same as living
with your memories.
Dog, Easy, Fox;
an uneasy company of brothers.
Waiting isn't the same as staying
awake
Hearing isn't the same as heeding
commands
Walking isn't the same as staying
dry
Shooting isn't the same as hitting
your target
Advancing and isn't the same as dodging
the bullets
Fighting isn't the same as killing
men.
Simple isn't the same as easy.
Living isn't the same as living
with your memories.
Dog, Easy, Fox;
an uneasy company of brothers.
Thoughts on battle and brothers.
This was prompted by a combination of things: the movie Dunkirk; an interview with a WWII veteran on the fiction of the band of brothers mythology (i.e. they were too **** scared to think if anything but getting home in one piece); and a novel 'Old Man's War's' a science fiction novel by John Scalzi which tells the story of new recruits in an interstellar war in which the recruits are 75+ with minds downloaded into a 20-something version of themselves. War is seldom glorious and takes a heavy toll on the conscripts. Stories of Easy Company exploits in WWII are well documented. Dog and Fox Companies were there too.
Dog, Easy, Fox are part of the US phonetic spelling alphabet used during WWII.
This was prompted by a combination of things: the movie Dunkirk; an interview with a WWII veteran on the fiction of the band of brothers mythology (i.e. they were too **** scared to think if anything but getting home in one piece); and a novel 'Old Man's War's' a science fiction novel by John Scalzi which tells the story of new recruits in an interstellar war in which the recruits are 75+ with minds downloaded into a 20-something version of themselves. War is seldom glorious and takes a heavy toll on the conscripts. Stories of Easy Company exploits in WWII are well documented. Dog and Fox Companies were there too.
Dog, Easy, Fox are part of the US phonetic spelling alphabet used during WWII.
