How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
As Louie and Phil wrestled over a beer, they crashed into the flimsy partition separating their room from the next. The partition keeled over, and Phil and Louie kept staggering forward, toppling two more partitions before they stopped. (2.7.2)
The atmosphere on the base feels a lot like a frat house as these young men bond far away from home.
Quote #2
For each day in the air, the crew got a day off. They played poker, divvied up Cecy's care packages, and went to the movies. (2.7.12)
The men are more than just soldiers; they're friends. This makes off-time fun, but it also makes it that much harder when their friends die during the war.
Quote #3
Louie was shaken. He'd been in Hawaii for only two months, yet already several dozen men from his bomb group, including more than a quarter of the men in his barracks, had been killed. (2.8.6)
See? This is what we're talking about. The losses are more than just statistics to Louie—they're friends he lived with.