Flight Pundit

Quote of the day

Jan 6th 2005MichaelQuote of the Day

7 Responses to “Quote of the day”

1. Christina on 06 Jan 2005 at Thu 06 January 2005 23:52:01 #

   I almost hate to ask, care to share the context of that one?

2. Michael on 07 Jan 2005 at Fri 07 January 2005 00:49:50 #

   the location or time is not documented anywhere I have found yet. It was one of the first quotes I learned in boot camp.

3. Ogre on 07 Jan 2005 at Fri 07 January 2005 08:13:27 #

   And it’s a classic quote! A great one!

4. Eric on 07 Jan 2005 at Fri 07 January 2005 20:06:08 #

   … without checking my reference material, I am fairly sure that this is taken from his time at the Chosin Reservoir.. at the time, the whole 1st MARDIV was cut off and surrouned by Chicoms..

   … along the same lines as “retreat, Hell! We’re just fighting in a different direction.. “..

5. Michael on 08 Jan 2005 at Sat 08 January 2005 02:15:25 #

   That might be true but I can not find any referance. Google has some simular quotes listed but not contect of this one.

6. Eric on 09 Jan 2005 at Sun 09 January 2005 17:16:43 #

   … ok, here you go.. quoted from Marine magazine in 1962.. narrated by Burke Davis…

   For two weeks Puller had commanded the rear of the First Marine Division, cut off in the Chosin Reservoir region by hundreds of thousands of Chinese Communist troops. The colonel was visiting a hospital tent where a priest was administering last rites to a wounded Marine when a messenger came

   “Sir, do you know they’ve cut us off? We’re entirely surrounded.”

   “Those poor bastards,” Puller said. “They ‘ve got us right where we want’em. We can shoot in every direction now.”

   Lieutenant General Louis B. Puller, 1950

7. Michael on 09 Jan 2005 at Sun 09 January 2005 18:39:24 #

   Thanks for doing the research on this Eric. I have not found time to check it out. I wonder where the quote morphed to the shorter version. I guess I will also have to step up and do some research.