Combat Quotes

“They call it 'combat fatigue.' I call it being scared to death.”

“If you're not shooting, you should be loading. If you're not loading, you should be moving. If you're not moving, you're a target.”

“Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second.”

“The great thing in air fighting is that the decisive factor does not lie in trick flying but solely in the personal ability and energy of the aviator.”

“There is no such thing as a fair fight. There's only a fight you win and a fight you lose.”

“I was a specialist in the art of killing.”

“The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.”

“I did not shoot, not a round, nothing. I went down praying to my knees. And that's the last I remember.”

“When I have shot down an Englishman, my hunting passion is satisfied for a quarter of an hour.”

“I put a stop to this unpleasant business by destroying him.”

“In the heat of the combat, one does not feel what is happening.”

“The first rule of combat is: never leave yourself open.”

“My pilots are not blinded by theories. They are not concerned with logic. They feel their way through the battle.”

“My method is simple. I get so close that I'm sure to hit him, then I keep firing until he's going down.”

“The battle is the point at which the military instrument is finally tested.”

“The flak was so thick you could get out and walk on it.”

“The ability to have somebody else watch your back is a very important part of combat.”

“I am not a person who is eloquent. I am not a person who has been trained in the traditional arts of debate. I am a person who has been trained in the arts of combat.”

“I hunt the enemy, and I find it a great satisfaction to have brought him down.”

“The first time I saw a jet, I shot it down.”