更新时间:2014-08-30
sarah • Victoria Cross Heroes:What sort of men win the VC?
Sir John Smyth VC, in his book, said:
"To those who ask me - and many do - what sort of men win the Victoria Cross, I can only reply - any sort. Courage is a queer thing and although many people have tried to analyse it, I myself think that it is without rhyme or reason. And men react to different stresses and different conditions in very different ways, in accordance with their individual characteristics. Lord Moran wrote in his book The Anatomy of Courage that courage is expendable and I feel that he is right. This alone makes it difficult to predict, for who knows at what precise moment any particular person will run out of it. To very few it is given to be without fear; most men are afraid of something, most of us of many things. How lucky is the man whose courage is at sticking point at the right moment. But if there is any single common denominator amongst all VC's I would say that it is a degree of obstinacy - a refusal to be beaten or pushed around."
