Guadalcanal Diary Page #2

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""From Colonel Wallace E Grayson, USMC,

to all members of this command.""

""Subject:
mission of this force.""

""The coming action marks the first offensive

involving ground forces of the US.""

- ""The marines are to initiate this action...""

- Ain"t it always the way?

""..which will prove the forerunner of

successive offensive actions

that will end in ultimate victory

for our cause.""

And all we have to do to prove it

is to get shot at.

- ""We have worked hard for this action...""

- He"s telling us.

""..and l have every confidence in our ability

and desire to force our will upon the enemy.""

- He took the words right out of my mouth.

- ""We meet a tough and wily opponent.""

""But he is not sufficiently tough or wily

to overcome us, because we are marines.""

- Now you"re talking.

- ""Each of us has a task.""

""Let each vow to perform it

to the utmost of his ability,

with added effort for good measure.""

""Good luck and God bless you.

God favours the bold and strong of heart.""

Wallace E Grayson.

- Very well done, Hook.

- Thank you, Brother Pots.

lf l"d only gone to high school...

Hey, what is this?

""Annexe E to general order

number 3, paragraph D.""

""Burial.""

""Graves will be suitably marked.

All bodies will wear identification tags.""

Most of you have never had any experience in

the jungle before and the Japs have. Plenty.

So let me give you a word of advice:

keep your mouths shut.

Stop yelling your head off.

We can beat "em at their own game of silence

if we try, but... you know how marines are.

Some dope"ll yell ""Hey, mac.

ls that C company over there?""

lt isn"t funny. Don"t laugh.

lf any of you run over

to see if C company is over there,

what kind of chow C company"s having,

you"re liable to end up chow yourself.

Honourable bullet, take honourable death

of honourable Japanese.

Keep an eye out for snipers all the time.

See a bunch of bananas in a coconut tree,

shoot "em down. That makes sense, don"t it?

Hey, wait a minute.

This ain"t government issue.

No, that"s Flatbush issue.

lf it"ll make the Japs happy to die for

their emperor, l"ll try to make "em happy.

Going to take the island all by yourself?

That would cause no surprise

in certain circles in Brooklyn.

And one more thing.

Watch out for booby traps.

Don"t go round picking up anything

the Japs leave laying around.

What if you promised

a certain party a souvenir?

Just forget about it. You"re liable to find

it"ll blow right up in your kisser.

lf you see any .45 with

a beautiful pearl handle, leave it lay.

- The most beautiful pearl in the world?

- Hiya, Father.

- How many Japs they got on that island?

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