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""Rat Beach" by William Styron"

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Blogger Dutch Boy said...

The story reminds me of my army officer father's advice: "Stay away from the infantry!" Or the old Marine Corps pearl: "Why die, get high, go supply!"

7/17/09, 7:58 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's beautifully written. I especially like the bit about Weltschmerz and the snails :-)

"Giant African snails, they were called, and they slid all over the island, numberless, like a second landing force; they woke us up at night and we actually heard them sibilantly dragging their tracks across the flooring and colliding, with a tiny report like the cracking open of walnuts.

The fucking snails were always getting squashed beneath our field boots, making a tiny mess that reminded me of the fragility of my own corporeal being. It didn’t take long for the instruments of modern warfare to turn a human body into just such a repulsive emulsion. Would I be reduced to an escargot’s viscous glob?"

7/17/09, 8:09 PM

Anonymous Lucius Vorenus said...

Dutch Boy: The story reminds me of my army officer father's advice: "Stay away from the infantry!"

My grandfather served in the engineering corps in WWI, and one of their duties was to carry the corpses on a train from the front lines back to the rear for burial.

His advice to my father and my uncles: "NEVER VOLUNTEER" [for anything].

7/18/09, 10:06 AM

Blogger Dutch Boy said...

Dear LV: My father's version was: "Keep your mouth shut, you're a__hole open and never volunteer!"

7/19/09, 3:10 PM

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