Guadalcanal Diary

by Richard Tregaskis

“That’s a weapon platoon, and they’ve got to carry about fifty pounds of stuff each, a lot of ’em. But they’ll keep up with anybody. Sometimes they get ahead of the infantry. Even with receivers, guns, and all that. They don’t give a s– – – for anybody. They say, F– – – you, if you can do it, so can I.”