I was on Peleliu. [Which he's definitely starting to realize might mean literally nothing to some of the people he's talking to. Probably most of them, unless the papers had been making a big deal out of it back home, and even then, he'd guess the average young adult back home where he's from couldn't tell you that much about what happened at some specific Civil War battle. The time difference is almost the same.
So Gene's expression is still definitely weary, and he's lonely too. He misses his buddies and he still doesn't really want to think about what happened to Ack Ack even if he can't forget about it, and this is hard, but he's got to push through it.]
It was October 12th, 1944. I know I'm pretty far behind.
[He says it just like a fact, because that's what it is. A fact. Complaining isn't going to change anything.
And, because it's probably only polite, he turns the question on Isaac.]
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So Gene's expression is still definitely weary, and he's lonely too. He misses his buddies and he still doesn't really want to think about what happened to Ack Ack even if he can't forget about it, and this is hard, but he's got to push through it.]
It was October 12th, 1944. I know I'm pretty far behind.
[He says it just like a fact, because that's what it is. A fact. Complaining isn't going to change anything.
And, because it's probably only polite, he turns the question on Isaac.]
Where're you from?