Quote of the Day for 2015-12-12

"There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some are wounded and some men never leave the country. … Life is unfair."

— John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Press Conference, March 21, 1962

Secretary of War Newton D. Baker (blindfolded) draws the first number in a nationwide lottery to determine the order of drafting men for the military. (June 27, 1918)

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-19

"Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?"

— Daniel Daly (1874-1937) During the Battle of Belleau Wood, June 6, 1918. Quoted by Floyd Gibbons in And They Thought We Wouldn't Fight

La Brigade Marine Americaine au Bois de Belleau by Georges Scott (1918), published in L'Illustration