Matt Mitchell

“As the sun disappeared below the horizon and its glare no longer reflected off a glassy sea, I thought of how beautiful the sunsets always were in the Pacific. They were even more beautiful than over Mobile Bay. Suddenly a thought hit me like a thunderbolt. Would I live to see the sunset tomorrow?”
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

“And I didn’t neglect to point out to my Yankee buddies that most of the high shooters in our platoon were Southern boys.”
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

“You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you’ll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.”
― Siegfried Sassoon

“I think the Marine Corps has forgotten where Pavuvu is," one man said.
"I think God has forgotten where Pavuvu is," came a reply.
"God couldn't forget because he made everything."
"Then I bet he wishes he could forget he made Pavuvu.”
― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa