His being a world war II navy veteran.
Military service has never been a challenge for any presidential candidate. People who serve are generally regarded by the American people as good and brave. Therefore it would have helped his campaign, not hurt it.
I would say false. Wolves live in packs and have power in numbers.
This line comes from "The Things They Carried" by Tim O Brien when he served in Vietnam. The term hard vocabulary to contain terrible softness simply reflects what he has done to serve in Vietnam. In times of war, it is not good to be internally soft as it may serve as weakness to enemies. Therefore, hard vocabulary refers to the words that one would say to himself and others in order to project strength and hide softness or weakness inside.