How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The dead weren't numbers on a page. They were their roommates, their drinking buddies, the crew that had been flying off their wings ten seconds ago. Men didn't go one by one. A quarter of barracks was lost at once. There were rarely funerals, for there were rarely bodies. (2.8.38)
This really emphasizes the point we're trying to make, and drives it home by reminding us that the living aren't even given an opportunity to mourn. They have to keep going and fighting the good fight.
Quote #5
The bombs fell clear, and Louie yelled "Bombs away!" and turned the valve to close the bomb bay doors. In the cockpit, the bomb-release light flicked on, and Phil took control of the plane. […] In the top turret, Pillsbury pivoted backward and watched a vast cloud of smoke billow upward. (2.9.25)
These men are an incredible team. There are about ten men on one of these bombers at any given time, and they operate with an almost psychic efficiency.
Quote #6
"I find it hard to get used to such a thing. Just the other I drove them all to Kahuku and around—kidded around with them but now they're probably dead! […] That's the way it has to be played because that's the way it is—it's an everyday occurrence!" (3.13.26)
This is an excerpt from a crewman's diary, showing how difficult it is for the soldiers to mourn the death of their friends. It seems easy from the outside, but they're all just pretending that everything is okay—it isn't really.