As easy as stepping on a bug. [WWII]

>A German machine-gun opened fire on the group. When it did, the [**German**] prisoners tried to jump the Americans. [Guarnere](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Bill_guarnere_506e.jpg) shot them with his pistol. >”No remorse,” he said when describing the incident forty-seven years later. “No pity. It was as easy as stepping on a bug.” After a pause, he added, “We are different people now than we were then.” _________________________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Follow Me.” *Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 77. Print. _________________________________ **Further Reading:** [William J. Guarnere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Guarnere)