3 Quotes & Sayings By Re Vance

R.E. Vance was the author of the best-selling book "Flags of our Fathers" and a former lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps. He is a frequent guest on network television programs, including The Today Show and 60 Minutes. He received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, and he speaks frequently to school groups, civic groups, and military audiences about his experiences as a combat veteran of the Vietnam War.

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Give me the Black Death over a Victorian prude any day. At least the dying screw like it's their last day on earth. R.E. Vance
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He smiled and as his lips parted, little bits of solid waste fell from them. Hellelujah, we can only be what we are, I thought and wondered if I was as repulsive to him as he was to me. I don't think so, because even though he literally wore a shit-eating grin, I sensed he was genuinely happy to see me R.E. Vance