Sands of Iwo Jima Page #5

I fooled around

but I never thought about marriage.

I know a lot of girls

back in the States but...

...I think it's because when you get

out here you're close to things.

You realise way down inside, no matter

how much you try not to think about it,

that maybe something's

got your number on...

...and you want to leave

a bit of yourself behind.

Doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl,

just so long as you won't be forgotten.

There'll be someone who'd never

have lived if it hadn't been for you.

Am I right?

I think I'm right.

- Hey, Conway, got a pass?

- I have.

All right, hop in. I'll give you a lift.

- I hear you got a girl in town.

- What if I have?

- They say she's a very nice girl.

- They talk too much.

Are you serious about her?

With things the way they are, this is no

time to start getting serious with a girl.

Don't know how long you're gonna

be here or when you'll be back again.

Don't even know how long you'll live.

If it's in the line of duty, you can tell me

to do something and I'll do it.

As for my personal life,

keep your hands off.

- Your father would've said it.

- I wouldn't have listened.

- You never did.

- How do you know?

- He told me.

- What did he say?

I'll tell you. He said

I was a disappointment, right?

He said I wouldn't be able

to stand up for myself, right?

- You're doing the talking.

- No, my father is.

Every time you open your mouth, he's

talking. Every thought you think is his.

It's as though he's at my shoulder.

But he didn't always say

or think the right thing.

You're gonna find that out when the

time comes. Until then leave me alone.

- You want a lift or not?

- Yeah, sure.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing. Why?

- You've hardly said a word.

- You're right. I've been thinking.

- About us?

- Myself.

That's selfish.

Honey, do you think I'm a brave man?

- What a funny question to ask.

- Well, do you?

I don't know. Why?

- I've got to prove something to someone.

- Who?

You don't know him. He's dead now.

Yes, Pete, I think you're brave.

That helps. You don't know

how much that helps.

Let's not talk about it any more.

We should have been talking about

ourselves all this time,

what's going to happen to us.

- What do you want to happen?

- I want to marry you.

I want that, too.

Funny, we barely know each other.

We see each other for what seems

only moments. And yet...

I know what you mean.

- Choynski, not going to the wedding?

- No.

I'd better get a transfer. I can't learn

this bayonet business. I'm all thumbs.

- On guard.

- No, Sarge, not again!

- I'm not well from the last time.

- On guard!

- Play that thing again. You lead.

- What?

You lead!

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