as per my last reblog: sid phillips recounting the japanese batttleship bombardments on guadalcanal (as depicted in the pacific part 2 basilone) and laughing his ass off about the fact that they thought they were all gonna die
oh he'll be dealing with it alright
Whatever happens with Yuki, I'll never forget that my man was out there knee deep in mud helping clean up the streets after the floods in Emilia Romagna. That says a lot about his character as a person.
The Salieriās are tuff asf š„š„
āa mortar man just like you :)ā and sid raising his eyes because he can't believe eugene actually wants to be here....
i knooow i knoooow a lot of ppl think sidsledge is nothing more than unrequited and i luv tragedy itās never gonna work out trope i doooo. but listen to me listennnn listen to me what if what if what if. what if !!!! what if sidney was really brave about it what if he pushed and pushed and pushed and then. and then.
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Eugene Sledge with Sidney Phillips (x2), family, Mary Houston Phillips, Jay de LāEau, Deacon on the left, Snafu Shelton on the right, Edward Sledge Jr.
SIDSLEDGE: anyway, donāt be a stranger
āSoldier, soldier come from the wars, O then I know itās true Iāve lost my true love!ā āAnā I tell you truth againāwhen youāve lost the feel oā pain Youād best take me for your true love.ā - Rudyard Kipling, āSoldier, Soldier,ā Barrack Room Ballads