Jim Proser > Jim's Quotes

“Letters found on the Japanese dead in the crater described us as monsters. “The Americans on this island are not ordinary troops, but Marines, a special force recruited from jails and insane asylums for bloodlust.”
― Jim Proser, I'm Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

“Sgt. Basilone in his personal humility and unwavering dedication to the men who served with him, became a true hero of the American people during World War II.”
― Jim Proser, I'm Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC

“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”
― President Abraham Lincoln