Immortal Great War Quote 37

Being shelled is the main work of an infantry soldier, which no one talks about. Everyone has his own way of going about it. In general, it means lying face down and contracting your body into as small a space as possible. 

Louis Simpson, in 'Air with Armed Men'

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