"Best Soldier Ever" Topic
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| Mooseworks8 | 07 Nov 2010 12:39 p.m. PST |
The best military man ever. Alfred von Schlieffen
Hannibal
Thomas Jackson
Napoleon
Alexander the Great
Lord Nelson
Pompey Magnus |
| Top Gun Ace | 07 Nov 2010 12:43 p.m. PST |
Technically speaking, Nelson should be eliminated from the competition, since he was a sailor. |
| CraigSpiel | 07 Nov 2010 12:44 p.m. PST |
George Washington. Pretty much lost every battle, kept his army in the field, and still managed to win independence(admittedly with lots of French help). |
| mjkerner | 07 Nov 2010 12:47 p.m. PST |
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| Cold Steel | 07 Nov 2010 12:47 p.m. PST |
Robert E. Lee beats out von Schlieffen and Jackson. |
| Dave Knight | 07 Nov 2010 1:03 p.m. PST |
Horatio Bridge not held Etruscans win – no Roman empire |
| Top Gun Ace | 07 Nov 2010 1:09 p.m. PST |
George Patton, since he led well, and fought during numerous, previous lives. |
aecurtis  | 07 Nov 2010 1:17 p.m. PST |
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 Parzival  | 07 Nov 2010 1:18 p.m. PST |
But we're doing commanders again. To me a "soldier" is the guy on the line who does his job and does it well, rank or no rank— the Sergeant Rocks of the real world. So yeah, Audie Murphy.
Or Sergeant York.
Or Chesty Puller (yes, I know he became a general, but he didn't start that way).
William Marshall.
The unnamed standard bearer of the Tenth Legion, who jumped into the sea to inspire the men to follow him to seize the shore.
The guy who taught Caesar how to tie his sandals and wield a gladius.
Horatio.
Dienekes.
Leonidas. (Okay, one commander.)
Alexander. (Make that two.) Or maybe… The guy who is first in and last out. You know him. The guy who could cover his chest in medals and his name in glory, and doesn't because he did it for his buddies, not for photographs or monuments. That guy. He's The Best Soldier Ever. Nobody else comes close. |
| Chokidar | 07 Nov 2010 1:34 p.m. PST |
McAuslan! Yes!!!! I wish I had thought of him!!! |
| Phil Hendry | 07 Nov 2010 1:42 p.m. PST |
I think I'll go with W.H. 'Bill' Coltman VC: link He was a committed Christian, and had moral objections to killing, so he was allowed to become a stretcher bearer. As such he never carried or used a weapon – all his medals were won without firing a shot. Reputedly, he was rather shy about his awards, so when he was on his way home after the war, and heard that there was a 'reception committee' at his home station waiting to welcome him, he got off the train one stop early and walked home to avoid the fuss. |
| Mooseworks8 | 07 Nov 2010 4:51 p.m. PST |
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| richarDISNEY | 08 Nov 2010 9:58 a.m. PST |
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
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