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"Who wants to live forever?" (Original Post) MrScorpio Jun 2019 OP
He is immortal and there can be only one tymorial Jun 2019 #1
In the matrix... N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2019 #2
I get bored on rainy days. zanana1 Jun 2019 #3
Hey you forgot to add this. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2019 #4
No, I didn't forget... MrScorpio Jun 2019 #5
Wasn't that a line from the Highlander?? Connery? mitch96 Jun 2019 #6
Belleau Wood sl8 Jun 2019 #7
Later echoed in Heinlein's "Starship Troopers"; Codeine Jun 2019 #8

sl8

(13,679 posts)
7. Belleau Wood
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 09:01 PM
Jun 2019

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood

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One of the most famous quotations in Marine Corps history came during the initial step-off for the battle when First Sergeant Dan Daly, a recipient of two Medals of Honor who had served in the Philippines, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Peking and Vera Cruz, prompted his men of the 73rd Machine Gun Company forward with the words: "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?"[3](pp99–100)

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Codeine

(25,586 posts)
8. Later echoed in Heinlein's "Starship Troopers";
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 09:35 PM
Jun 2019

“Come on, you apes! You wanna live forever?!”

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