Well, I thought, climbing ...

Well, I thought, climbing slowly out of the slit trench, the shells will catch us above ground now. But if you have to go, you have to go. F Company’s in trouble, and we have to help them. We’re in reserve, so we have to go. And if we’re shelled, we’re shelled. There is absolutely nothing we can do about it.
 David Kenyon Webster

Quotes from the same author

Those things that are precious are saved only by sacrifice.
 David Kenyon Webster