“The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for.”
A Veteran’s Day Quote for you by Ernest Hemingway.
Lots of famous authors have served their country in different capacities. Here is a short list of some of them:
World War I
Ernest Hemingway: Drove ambulances in Italy
Thomas E. Lawrence: (Lawrence of Arabia) Infantry Soldier
Wilfred Owen: Second Lieutenant with the Manchester Regiment
Siegfried Sassoon: Infantry Officer
E.E. Cummings: Ambulance driver
World War II
Kurt Vonnegut: Infantry Soldier, survived bombing of Dresden as POW
Norman Mailer: Served in the South Pacific (just passed away Saturday, Nov 9)
1st Gulf War
Anthony Swafford: US Marines (The movie Jarhead was based on his memoir.)
