![]() ![]() Would I ever see my family again? Would I do my duty or be a coward? Could I kill?' ![]() 'The deck was crowded with other Marines subdued by the realization that each turn of the ship's screws would take us farther from home and closer to the unknown.' 'Harsh questions raced through my mind. Flying steel fragments kicked up little puffs of dust all around an area about nine by eighteen yards.' Sailing to War A cloud of black smoke appeared at the point of impact. 'When I saw the first shell burst with a dull bang about two hundred yards out on the range, I suddenly realized what a deadly weapon we were dealing with. We were fated to fight the war first hand. We were destined to take the places of the ever mounting numbers of casualties in the rifle or line companies in the Pacific. One of our assistant drill instructors even allowed himself to mumble that we might become Marines after all.' 'As we helped each other aboard the trucks, it never occurred to us why so many were being assigned to infantry. Perhaps more important, we were tough mentally. We were hard physically, had developed endurance, and had learned our lessons. ![]() 'By the end of eight gruelling weeks, it had become apparent that Corporal Doherty and the other DIs had done their jobs well. ![]()
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