"As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me."

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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.

— Karl Marlantes