“Nimitz turned for support to Admiral Ernest King, chief of naval operations, and they both advised MacArthur to forget his Rabaul campaign and relieve the First Marine Division “as soon as practicable.” In”
― Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu
― Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu
“I discovered, somewhat to my surprise, that I have come to view that time as a gift. Austere and challenging as it was, it built character, fed the intellect, and stirred the imagination.”
― Little Heathens
― Little Heathens
“We judge others instantly by their clothes, their cars, their appearance, their race, their education, their social status. The list is endless. What gets me is that most people decide who another person is before they have even spoken to them. What's even worse is that these same people decide who someone else is, and don't even know who they are themselves.”
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“was just another hard, dirty job to me. I could’ve been digging another foxhole for all the emotion I felt. In”
― Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu
― Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu
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