09-09-2010, 02:06 PM
We discussed this a little before when I read it. Here is Brooke's response:
Capt O, The Old Breed is intense to say the least. I'm so glad that he and others like him were able to put their eperiences out there because the world should NEVER be allowed to forget.
My mom who watched The War with me (which is where I learned of the book) wanted to read it, too. She barely got through a third of it and refused to go any farther, said she couldn't read two pages with out bawling her eyes out.
It was an excellent book. It tells you how far a seemingly "normal" person will go. I am reminded of when he described the time he (Eugene) ripped the gold teeth from a dead Japanese soldier. One of his fellow Marines said that he should know better and he didn't do it again - he didn't. Also shows you the power one person can have to save another from going down a wrong path with just a few words.