What Can I Say About The First World War, A War In Which I Served As An Infantryman, A War I Hated At The Start And To Which I Never Warmed As It Proceeded? - SearchQuotes

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What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded?

George Grosz

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