Wilson rolled the empty canteen back and... Wilson rolled the empty canteen back and forth"What the hell we gonna do?" he asked again
"Damn liquor go too fast," Martinez saidHe was beginning to feel very gloomy at the thought of how much money he had spent
Wilson leaned forward"Listen, men, Ah got an ideaY'know them Japs've got those rollin' whorehouses they bring right up to the lines
"Where'd ya hear that?" Gallagher demanded
"Ah heard it, that's for certainWell, why don' we jus' sneak over tonight an' get in their tail line, and we can knock off a piece of that yellow
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Red spat"What's the matter, ya want to see if their slits are horizontal?"
"That's Chinee," Wilson said
Gallagher leaned forward truculently and said, "Wilson, you're a nigger-lover"Shi-i-i-it," he drawledHe had forgotten his scheme already
Red was thinking once more of the bodies in the drawHe felt a curious fascination as he remembered how they had lookedA wash of fear penetrated through the whirling in his mind, and he looked over his shoulder again"Why don't we go looking for souvenirs?" he shouted furiously
"Where?"
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louis vuitton purses ought to be some dead Japs around here," Red saidHe resisted the impulse to look behind him"They is, they is," he said suddenly"Down 'bout two-three hunnerd yards from that mess sergeant's still, they was a battleAh 'member we passed right by it, jus' right by it"Night we go up to the river, and the Japs comeThat night Japs come down almost to here
"Tha's right," Wilson said"Ah heard they had tanks down 'bout here
"Well, let's go lookin' then," Red muttered"We rate a couple of souvenirs"If they's one goddam thing Ah gotta do when Ah get
gucci faux likkered up it's to start roamin' round He stretched his arms"Well, men, let's git goin'
The others looked at him dumblyThey had settled into a stupor and their conversation had been random and purposelessThey had talked without thinking of what they said, and now they were bewildered by Wilson's energy"Come on, men," he repeated
They obeyed him because they were passive and would have obeyed anybody who told them to do somethingWilson picked up his rifle, and the others, seeing him do this, slung theirs also
"Where the hell do we go?"
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"Jus' follow me, men," Wilson saidHe let out a drunken whoop
They tailed along behind him in a rough straggling fileWilson led them through the bivouac areaHis good spirits revived again"Show me the way to go home," he sang
Some soldiers stared at them, and Wilson halted"Men," he said, "they's gonna be some goddam officers lookin' at us, so goddammit let's look like soldiers
"Eyes right," Red bawledHe felt suddenly gleeful
They began to move with exaggerated caution, and when Gallagher stumbled once the others turned on
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