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This is the story of a squad of marines,
a rifle squad.
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I'm Corporal Robert Dunne,
a member of that squad.
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We were at Guadalcanal,
and when it was secure
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we were pulled out for rest, refitting,
replacements and retraining.
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The Marine Corps is long on training
and retraining...
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Let that go.
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After the canal, we were sent to
Camp Paekakariki in New Zealand.
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Here we received our replacements,
marines from Stateside,
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a long way from Stateside, 8,000 miles.
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I can see you're a man
who knows how to live.
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- Solid comfort.
- Solid malaria.
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- Malaria, huh? Contagious?
- No, not this week. You can stay.
:02:54
Nice place you got here.
Regazzi's my name, Benny Regazzi.
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Bob Dunne. I'm duty NCO today.
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Great. Meet my friends. This big guy
is "Handsome" Dan Shipley.
:03:05
- Hi.
- What a physique!
:03:08
The girls see him and faint. He comes
through this, I'll make him a movie star!
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Those two guys, Flynns.
That's Eddie and that's Frank.
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- Hi, Eddie.
- Hello, Bob.
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They don't drink. I got their beer ration.
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- And Georgie Hellenopolis, an Irishman.
- Hello, sport.
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- Where did you get those cards?
- Off your sack on the ship. Why?
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- They're mine, that's why.
- I've seen lots in those bags that aren't.
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- Come on, give me.
- "Semper fi", Mac.
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- Hey!
- Leave them. It happens 20 times a day.
:03:43
You know where those guys come from?
Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.
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- By the way, who's the squad leader?
- Sergeant Stryker.
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- What's he like?
- You'll find out.
:03:56
I've been in New Zealand two hours
and already they're clamming up on me.