Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive.

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.

I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.

Say what you will, nothing can make a complete soldier except battle experience.