References To "The Soldier"
Part of "The Soldier" was adapted for the contingency television address that would have been read by President Richard Nixon in the event the Apollo 11 astronauts became stranded on the moon.
Lyrics by Roger Waters' "The Gunner's Dream" (from the Pink Floyd's album The Final Cut) make reference to "The Soldier".
Implicit references to this poem (and several others) are made in Muse's song "Soldier's Poem" from their album Black Holes & Revelations.
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“A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a more effective soldier the poorer his standard of living has been in the past.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)