French and American generals
A French and American general were surveying a battlefield.
A bullet strikes the American general, grazing his arm.
He shouts: “Aide! Bring me my red jacket!”.
The French general asks: “Why did you do that?”.
The American general responds: “So my men don’t see that I’m bleeding, and lose hope.”
A second bullet narrowly misses the French general’s ear, and he shouts: “Aide! Bring me my brown trousers!”