The shortest way home is through Berlin. When a man is lying in a shell hole, if he just stays there all day, a Boche will get him eventually, and the hell with that idea. The hell with taking it. My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to.
Foxholes only slow up an offensive.
And don't give the enemy time to dig one. We'll win this war but we'll win it only by fighting and by showing the Germans we've got more guts than they have. There is one great thing you men will all be able to say when you go home. You may thank God for it. Plot Summary Outline Cast Homework Links Download a text version of this page.