Entry 2 · Book chapter 3
September 9 1943
Landing at Paestum amid dead soldiers and eerie calm; the section is left rudderless, with no briefing, next to the ancient temples.
Themes
Reflections
Acclimatizing to danger
Lewis notes his section's nerves have already adapted to combat's minor dangers, in sharp contrast to green American HQ troops fresh from peaceful Kansas and Wisconsin, whose raw panic he finds more dangerous than the enemy.
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