so what do you believe in?

Andrew Haldane/Eddie Jones | 2,920 words | Rated T

He’s distantly aware that some of the other patients in the ward find him unnerving, that they mutter with little subtlety about the crazy Marine captain occupying the corner bed. Andy doesn’t have it in him to care. He finds that there’s a certain contentment in madness. OR Andy recuperates from the sniper shot that takes him out of the war and tries to make sense of his new normal.

Eugene Jackson was 20 years old. He lied about his age when he joined the Army at 16. His family, I'm sure, got a telegram from the War Department saying he died a hero on an important mission that would help win the war. In fact, Eugene lost his life on a stretcher in a dank basement in Haguenau, crying out in agony while his friends looked on helplessly. He was just one more casualty in a war that was supposed to be all but over.

Ashton Holmes as Sidney Phillips in THE PACIFIC Part VI

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'As I looked at the stains on the coral, I recalled some of the eloquent phrases of politicians and newsmen about how "gallant" it is for a man to "shed his blood for his country," and "to give his life's blood as sacrifice," and so on. The words seemed so ridiculous. Only the flies benefited.'

Bart Ruspoli as EDWARD TIPPER in

Band of Brothers (2001)

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LENA RIGGI BASILONE | U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve Pamphlets (x, x) | USMC Women's Reserve Recruitment Poster (c. 1943) (with inspiration from this set by @amidnightclear)

The edge of the front's moving pretty fast across the mountain range. - Just timing, we'll do it. It's all mathematics.

ROBERT LECKIE | Motivations