Two Weeks Out of Boot Camp
“There's not a kid in that unit who knew what they were getting into. When I asked them, are you ready to go?, they would say, ‘Yes, sir.’ But then I'd look at those 18-, 19-, 20-year-olds, two weeks out of boot camp, and thought, no, they are not ready for this struggle. I knew how scared they were, how reluctant they were. Men like this one have shown more courage than we had the right to expect from them.”
Maj. Gen. John J. McCarthy, deputy commander of the Marine forces in
Juliet Macur, “Healing, With New Limbs and Fragile Dreams,” New York Times,
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