Service During First World War
From the beginning of the First World War, Spitfire and her flotilla were attached to the Grand Fleet.
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Famous quotes containing the words service, world and/or war:
“The gods’ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“One who was my companion in my two previous excursions to these woods, tells me that ... he found himself dining one day on moose-meat, mud turtle, trout, and beaver, and he thought that there were few places in the world where these dishes could easily be brought together on one table.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one’s manhood.”
—Myriam Miedzian, U.S. author. Boys Will Be Boys, ch. 2 (1991)