How does the reality of war differ from the romantic image of war?

How does the reality of war differ from the romantic image of war? How does war change the combatant? What do soldiers value in the midst of war?|||"Many of you here believe that war is all glory; but let me tell you, boys, it is all Hell" - Gen. Phil Sheridan.|||I don't know how anyone can connect romance with war, that has to be a hollywood thing because anyone who has been involved in fighting will tell you it is a living hell. Being shot at, bombs going off around you, seeing your buddies being shot or limbs blown off or dieing in your arms. There is now romance in that. What do soldiers value in the midst of war? Life...|||getting your legs blown off by a land mine.. vs dads army and missing your sweetheart