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Basiloneʼs celebrity grows as he travels across the country on the war bonds tour. On Pavuvu, Sledge, assigned to the 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, is briefly reunited with Phillips and Leckie rejoins his company. Sledge then gets his first taste of combat as he, Leckie, and the rest of the 1st Marine Division meet fierce Japanese resistance while landing on the intricately and heavily defended coral island of Peleliu. Written by
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PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton:
[
sitting and watching the other men scrubbing out drums]
You assholes are gonna miss cleanin' out oil barrels pretty soon. You gonna be humpin' up some fuckin' hill...
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he lights a cigarette, despite being beside a 'no smoking' sign]
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton:
... or across a beach, Japs pourin' shit for fire, pissin' your pants, cryin' boo-hoo, wishin' you were back here with nothin' asked of you but to scrub oil outta drums.
Bill Leyden:
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angrily]
Why don't you grab a brush and give us a hand?
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton:
Fuck that shit, I scrub drums for no man.
Eugene B. Sledge:
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton:
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
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