The Pacific (TV Mini Series)
Peleliu Landing (2010)
Brendan Fletcher: PFC Bill Leyden
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Quotes
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PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton : [sitting and watching the other men scrubbing out drums] You assholes are gonna miss cleanin' out oil barrels pretty soon. You gonna be humpin' up some fuckin' hill...
[he lights a cigarette, despite being beside a 'no smoking' sign]
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton : ... or across a beach, Japs pourin' shit for fire, pissin' your pants, cryin' boo-hoo, wishin' you were back here with nothin' asked of you but to scrub oil outta drums.
Bill Leyden : [angrily] Why don't you grab a brush and give us a hand?
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton : Fuck that shit, I scrub drums for no man.
Eugene B. Sledge : Can we take a break?
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton : Do whatever you want, this ain't my detail.
[the others look at each other incredulously]
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton : I was supposed to dump y'all off here and report back to the C.P.
PFC Robert Oswalt : Then why're you still here?
PFC Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton : [smirking] I like to watch the new guys sweat.