Many soldiers disliked the camp and described it as dirty in their letters home.

The Government describes the guerrillas as terrorists, and cannot tolerate hearing its own soldiers described that way.

The soldier described his line of sight, which ended at a slight rise in the terrain 100 yards away.

Some soldiers described jotting down lyrics on scraps of paper at night, between power failures.

Serbian soldiers themselves have described the systematic rape of Muslim women.

A soldier stationed on the island described it in 1864 as "a first class affair, like most anything belonging to the Government."

The soldier then describes to the writer his encounter with a mother and child, the mother a prostitute.

One soldier described the bread as being completely inedible.

Relatives of the soldiers say that several soldiers described it as a "suicide mission".

A German soldier described her as an "angel of comfort" who "restored order in the chaos."