Dear Holmes,
When you're getting picked away at by snipers, you can cower in fear or scream defiance. God has nothing to do with it. When you're number's up, it's up. But most soldiers I have known are not just going to sit there and get killed.
The phrase "Regulars by God" came from a reply that an Army officer made during a battle in the Mexican War (1841). In the face of heavy fire, the US Army line of soldiers charged straight toward the enemy ranks. A newspaper reporter watching the battle asked what kind of soldier would charge like that. The Army officer shouted back.
"Those are Regulars, by God!"
As for me... Been there. Done that. Bought the T-shirt and DVD. It's amazing the adrenaline rush you get when someone is trying to blow your ass away. Although, truth be known my case was a little different. The "sniper" was a 100 millimeter North Vietnamese artillery battery and we were a dinky U.S. destroyer sitting out in the Gulf of Tonkin with high explosives raining down. But the fear was the same. So was the anger. So was the defiance.
(:raig
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