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Many people know the poem from the movie, Full Metal Jacket. I first read it in Eugene Sledge’s masterpiece of one Marine’s experiences in the South Pacific, With the Old Breed. Marine recruits who mistakenly call their rifle their “gun” are made to recite this: “This is my rifle (holding rifle above head), “This is […]

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