They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men they themselves were before Pearl Harbor. Among MacArthur's ardent infantrymen were cooks, mechanics, pilots whose planes had been shot down, seamen whose ships had been sunk, and some civilian volunteers.
William ManchesterBut there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society.
William ManchesterI realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.
William ManchesterThe coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.
William Manchester