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Toglio interrupted"Gee, the General is a swell guy," he said"They ain't a general in the world is any goodThey're all sonsofbitches
"Listen, Red," Toglio protested, "where could you find a general like that who'd talk to a bunch of GIs? He's okay for my money
"He's a crowd-pleaser, that's all he is," Red told him"What the fug business has he got tellin' us his worries? I got enough of my own
Toglio sighed and stopped talkingWhat a contrary guy Red was, he decided finallyIt had stopped raining and he thought of going back to the remains of his tentThe idea depressed him, but Toglio would not allow himself to dawdle now that the storm was over"Come on, we might as well fix up some way to sleep," he said"It won't do you any goodWe're gonna be up on the line tonight With nightfall, the air was becoming sultry again

The General was worriedAfter the jeep pulled out of the motor pool he said to his driver, "Take us to headquarters battery of the one-five-one He turned around to Major Dalleson and Lieutenant Hearn, who were squeezed together uncomfortably in the back seat"If their line isn't in to Second Battalion we'll be doing some walking before the night is over The jeep passed through an opening in the barbed wire and turned right onto the road that led toward the frontThe General scrutinized it moroselyThe mud was very bad and it would become worseNow it was slimy and the jeep skidded and weaved from one side of the road to the other, but in a few hours it would become hard and gummy like clay, and the vehicles might bog down to their hubsHe gazed dully at the jungle on either side of the roadThey passed a few Jap corpses decomposing in a ditch and the General held his br