Quotes by Corpsman Robert Degeus

“It wasnt a matter of living or dying or fighting. It was a matter of helping your friends.”

“If the Army and the Navy ever look on heavens scenes, they will find the streets are gaurded by United States Marines”

“We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?”

“I don’t feel rejected by the sky. I’m a part of it- tiny, to be sure, but everything is tiny compared to that overwhelming immensity.”

“Grab a chance and you wont be sorry for a might have been.”

“Its funny what a picture can do.”

“Its a funny old world - a mans lucky if he gets out of it alive.”

“Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him.”

“When quiting is no longer an option, youre half way there.”