Assault Into Hell Quotes

“I broke out in a cold sweat as the tension mounted with the intensity of the bombardment. My stomach was tied in knots. I had a lump in my throat and swallowed only with great difficulty. My knees nearly buckled, so I clung weakly to the side of the tractor.I felt nauseated and feared my bladder would surely empty itself and reveal me to be the coward I was. But the men around me looked just about the way I felt.”
― E.B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

“I broke out in a cold sweat as the tension mounted with the intensity of the bombardment. My stomach was tied in knots. I had a lump in my throat and swallowed only with great difficulty. My knees nearly buckled, so I clung weakly to the side of the tractor.I felt nauseated and feared my bladder would surely empty itself and reveal me to be the coward I was. But the men around me looked just about the way I felt.”
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa