His back was aching, which made him irritableThe... His back was aching, which made him irritableThe slapping and pounding of the assault boat, the constraint of the cots and men in their tiny space, even the sound of Stanley's voice, were offensive
"You know," Stanley was confiding to Croft, "I'm not saying I'm happy about the patrol, but still it's going to be an experience, you knowYou can't be a lower kind of noncom than I am, but still you got duties, and you need experience to carry it out right His speech had a modest tone, too modest for Red, who snorted scornfully
"Jus' keep your eyes open," Croft said"Most of the men in the platoon walk around like a bunch of goddam sheep lookin' at the ground
Red sighed to himselfStanley's ambition made him
rolex air king automatic watch contemptuous, but there was an uneasy basis to his scorn which he partially understoodHe was the least bit enviousThe contradiction ended by depressing himAaah, he thought, every man jack eats his heart out, and what does it get him? He could see Stanley rising higher and higher in the months to come, and yet he would never be happyAny of us'll be lucky if we don't get a bullet in our gutHe felt his skin tightening across his back, and despite himself he turned around to look at the bare metal wall of the bow rampSince the day when he had lain helpless on the ground waiting for the Japanese soldier to kill him he had been feeling a recurring anxietyOften in the night he would awaken with a start, and turn around in his
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What the hell do I want to be a noncom for? he asked himselfYou get a guy killed in your squad and you never stop thinking about itI don't want to take no orders from nobody, and I don't want nobody to give 'em to meHe looked at Hearn standing in the rear of the boat, and felt a dull anger working in his throatA bunch of college kids who think it's like going to a football gameThat bastard is glad to be going out on thisDeep within him a passionate hatred was brewing for everyone in the Army who endangered his lifeWhat the hell is it to the General if we get knocked off? Just an experiment that got fugged-up
Stanley amused him, roused his ironyHis emotions finally boiled into
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Stanley looked at him, tensing instantly
"Just wait, sonny," Red saidHe guffawed loudly and turned to Gallagher"They'll give him the Purple Ass-hole
"Listen, Red," Stanley said, trying to edge some menace into his voiceHe knew that Croft was watching him
"Aaah," Red snortedHe didn't want to fight at allHis back, even when it did not ache, left him weak and lethargicHe realized abruptly that he and Stanley had changed in the few months they had been on Anopopei; Stanley looked fatter and sleeker, more self-assuredRed felt the tired leanness of his own bodyBecause of all this, because of his doubt, his pride made him go on"You're biting off more than you
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"What's the matter, you ganging up with Gallagher?"
Gallagher was frightened again, unwilling to be involvedIn the past weeks he had drawn in upon himself, become passiveHis occasional bursts of rage left him apatheticYet he could not withdraw now; Red was one of his best buddies"Red don't need to gang up with me," he muttered
"You guys think you're pretty tough 'cause you been around a little longer than me
"Maybe," Gallagher said
Stanley knew he had to tell Red off if he was to hold Croft's respectBut he felt incapable of itRed's taunt about combat had lacerated his confidence again; abruptly he was forced to face the knowledge that he was terrified at the thought of itHe took a deep
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