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“I don’t smoke.”

“Yeah?”

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The first light of dawn was just appearing as I left my gear on my bunk, all squared away and ready to put on, and went out onto the main deck. All the men were talking quietly, smoking, and looking toward the island. I found Snafu and stayed close by him; he was the gunner on our mortar, so we stuck together. He was also a Gloucester veteran, and I felt more secure around veterans. They knew what to expect.

He pulled out a pack of cigarettes and drawled, “Have a smoke, Sledgehammer.”

“No thanks, Snafu. I’ve told you a million times I don’t smoke.”

“I’ll bet you in two bits, Sledgehammer, that before this day is over you’ll be smokin’ the hell outa every cigarette you can get your hands on.”

-With The Old Breed, by E. B. Sledge

My new graphic series! I’ll be doing photoset/graphics of scenes from the Pacific with the excerpts from ‘With the Old Breed’ on which they were based to look at the differences.