Quote where is it from?

[Walleye]

"Sir, we're surrounded!"

"Excellent! We can attack in any direction!"

i googled, and got these forums (cause someone's gots a sig)

and a gay porn site :Q

so, where's it from? anyone know?

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Another quality post from Walleye.

 

[PowerMacG5]

It's from someone's sig .

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Another quality post from Walleye.

refresh, bitch!

i got my edit here before your reply

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: KraziKid
It's from someone's sig .

i know as much.

i'm wondering from where it was before that

 

[conjur]

During World War II's Battle of the Bulge, U.S. General Tony McAuliff told his troops: "Men, we are surrounded by the enemy. That means we have the greatest opportunity ever presented to an army. We can attack in any direction we choose."

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: KraziKid
It's from someone's sig .

i know as much.

i'm wondering from where it was before that

You've got me.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: conjur
During World War II's Battle of the Bulge, U.S. General Tony McAuliff told his troops: "Men, we are surrounded by the enemy. That means we have the greatest opportunity ever presented to an army. We can attack in any direction we choose."

is this true?

if so, that's awesome.


we need more generals like that

 

[cheesewhiz]

Using basic google techniques,

During World War II's Battle of the Bulge, U.S. General Tony McAuliff told his troops: "Men, we are surrounded by the enemy. That means we have the greatest opportunity ever presented to an army. We can attack in any direction we choose."

 

[conjur]

Too slow, cheese.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: cheesewhiz
Using basic google techniques,

During World War II's Battle of the Bulge, U.S. General Tony McAuliff told his troops: "Men, we are surrounded by the enemy. That means we have the greatest opportunity ever presented to an army. We can attack in any direction we choose."

basic google techniques netted me a gay porn site.

how did you do it?

 

[cmanhoff]

Using basic google techniques,

During World War II's Battle of the Bulge, U.S. General Tony McAuliff told his troops: "Men, we are surrounded by the enemy. That means we have the greatest opportunity ever presented to an army. We can attack in any direction we choose."

Oh my, nothing like joining the party a little late. 17 years and nobody caught this one, huh? Aha, I get to fix the interwebs! Isn't that what we called it back then?

The quote is not from McAuliffe, it is from my father's old commander (in WW2) of the 1st Marine Regiment, Lewis "Chesty" Puller. Puller was the Marine's Marine and was a legend even back then. His picture hangs in every Marine barracks in the world to this day. Tough as nails, brilliant tactical commander and absolutely fearless. It's a tremendous honor to win a Navy Cross, which is just below the Medal of Honor. It is only given for exceptional bravery or leadership. Puller received five (and the fifth one should have been the MOH).

The quote was later in his career when he was a temporary commander of the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War. Specifically, it was during the hellish Battle of the Chosin Reservoir when his 19,000 Marines appeared to be hopelessly surrounded by the 150,000 troops of the Chinese Ninth Army Group. In bitterly cold weather that often reached -30 F, he then led his Marines in a brilliant "attacking retreat" (the only kind of retreat that Puller would accept), breaking out of the encirclement and getting safely to the coast where they could be evacuated. It's one of the most amazing military feats in history. That's where he got his fifth Navy Cross and why it should have been an MOH.

Puller wasn't the type of general that said stuff like for the history books. When he said that it wasn't bravado. He was absolutely confident that his beloved Marines would do anything he asked them to do. And his Marines, who loved him right back, did time and again.

McAuliffe was the general commanding the American troops in a similar situation in Bastogne, a town surrounded by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. When the German commander insisted the Americans surrender because their situation was hopeless, McAuliffe replied with a legendary one-word refusal: "Nuts."

He was a pretty awesome general too.

 

[lxskllr]

Don't want to take the time to check atm, but if true, that's an awesome necro!

 

[IronWing]

Puller's quote was, "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."

The quote is often given as, "The enemy is on our left, he's on our right, he's in front of us, he's behind us. He can’t get away from us now.” which doesn't appear to have historical support. He did refer to the retreat from Chosin as "attacking in a different direction."

 

[brianmanahan]

Oh my, nothing like joining the party a little late. 17 years and nobody caught this one, huh? Aha, I get to fix the interwebs! Isn't that what we called it back then?

The quote is not from McAuliffe, it is from my father's old commander (in WW2) of the 1st Marine Regiment, Lewis "Chesty" Puller. Puller was the Marine's Marine and was a legend even back then. His picture hangs in every Marine barracks in the world to this day. Tough as nails, brilliant tactical commander and absolutely fearless. It's a tremendous honor to win a Navy Cross, which is just below the Medal of Honor. It is only given for exceptional bravery or leadership. Puller received five (and the fifth one should have been the MOH).

The quote was later in his career when he was a temporary commander of the 1st Marine Division in the Korean War. Specifically, it was during the hellish Battle of the Chosin Reservoir when his 19,000 Marines appeared to be hopelessly surrounded by the 150,000 troops of the Chinese Ninth Army Group. In bitterly cold weather that often reached -30 F, he then led his Marines in a brilliant "attacking retreat" (the only kind of retreat that Puller would accept), breaking out of the encirclement and getting safely to the coast where they could be evacuated. It's one of the most amazing military feats in history. That's where he got his fifth Navy Cross and why it should have been an MOH.

Puller wasn't the type of general that said stuff like for the history books. When he said that it wasn't bravado. He was absolutely confident that his beloved Marines would do anything he asked them to do. And his Marines, who loved him right back, did time and again.

McAuliffe was the general commanding the American troops in a similar situation in Bastogne, a town surrounded by the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. When the German commander insisted the Americans surrender because their situation was hopeless, McAuliffe replied with a legendary one-word refusal: "Nuts."

He was a pretty awesome general too.

i fully expected this to be a better late than never-esque joke

but i was pleasantly surprised

bravo @cmanhoff