现在,阵亡将士纪念日纪念所有在为国家服役时牺牲的男女士兵。
And now, Memorial Day honors all of the men and women who have sacrificed their lives in service of their country.
我们军中优秀的男女士兵,他们的名声被那些虐待在押犯的人玷污了。
And you think to yourself here are these wonderful young men and women in our service, and their reputations are stained by the people who abused those people that were in our custody.
“女士兵参军的大部分原因和男人是一样的,意识到这点让我深感惊讶。”38岁的布拉顿说。
"What surprised me most was the realization that women soldiers enlisted largely for the very same reasons as the men did," says Blanton, 38.
“还没有人收集这么多的资料,”46岁的库克说。她第一次触及该领域是1994年,她写了《非常战士》一书(牛津大学出版社),是一位内战女士兵的书信集。
"No one has accumulated this much data," says Cook, 46, who first tilled this turf in her 1994 An Uncommon soldier (Oxford University Press), a compilation of letters from a female Civil War soldier.
Pakula女士写道,他是一个“身穿简朴的棉军装,打着草鞋”的坚毅士兵,既不喝酒,也不抽烟。
He was a hardened soldier who "dressed simply in a plain cotton uniform with straw sandals," Ms. Pakula writes, and neither drank nor smoked.
他的著述给予了黛儿·庞特女士的回忆录重要的历史的深刻性,使这部书从数十部由外交家和与巴尔干半岛人发生过冲突的士兵所写的其它作品中脱颖而出。
His writing gives Ms Del Ponte's memoir crucial historical depth, which is what separates it from the dozens of others written by diplomats and soldiers who have tangled with the Balkans.
士兵们为有干净的病房和更好的食物而感到高兴。因为弗罗伦斯每晚都会在医院里巡视和安慰病人,所以他们称她为“提灯女士”。
The men were happy to have cleaner wards and better food. They called Florence "The Lady with the Lamp" because she walked around the hospital every night comforting patients.
每次父亲进入舞池之后,都会与所有的人跳舞,与在场的女士们旋转,甚至还有士兵。
Once my father caught on to the steps, he danced with everyone in the hall - the women passing out doughnuts, even the GI's.
只有一个空闲的座位在一个衣着讲究的中年妇女的旁边,这个座位上坐着这个妇女的一个小狗。这个厌倦了战争的士兵问道,“请问,女士,我可以坐在这里吗?。
The only unoccupied seat was directly adjacent to a well-dressed middle-aged lady and was being used by her little dog. The war weary soldier asked, "Please, ma'am, may I sit in that seat?"
只有一个空闲的座位在一个衣着讲究的中年妇女的旁边,这个座位上坐着这个妇女的一个小狗。这个厌倦了战争的士兵问道,“请问,女士,我可以坐在这里吗?。
The only unoccupied seat was directly adjacent to a well-dressed middle-aged lady and was being used by her little dog. The war weary soldier asked, "Please, ma'am, may I sit in that seat?"
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