It required military discipline to get us out of bed in a chamber warmed only by the stovepipe, to draw on icy socks and frosty boots and go to milking cows.
把我们从只有烟囱才暖和的房间里的床上叫起来,穿上冰冷的袜子和结了霜的靴子,去挤牛奶,这是有军纪的。
They live on the main island of Honshu, where the US has several military and naval bases.
他们居住在日本本州岛,美国在那里建有几座军事和海军基地。
The sacrifices of these men and women, and of our military families, reminds us that the wages of war are great; that while service to our nation is full of glory, war itself is never glorious.
这些军人的奉献以及他们家庭承受的牺牲提醒我们,战争的代价是巨大的,虽然他们对国家的贡献是荣耀的,战争本身却永远不是光荣的。
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VOA: special.2011.06.11
Seki's 442nd Regimental Combat Team became the most decorated unit in US military history for its size and length of service.
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