The Pacific (TV Mini Series)
Peleliu Landing (2010)
Ashton Holmes: PFC Sidney Phillips
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Quotes
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Eugene B. Sledge : Sid... what's it like?
PFC Sidney Phillips : [after a pause] I slept with a woman in Melbourne. I'm not braggin', but that's at one end, right?
[points down the beach]
PFC Sidney Phillips : And then way down there, as far as you can go, that's what it's like. And that... that you can never imagine.
Eugene B. Sledge : Okay.
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PFC Sidney Phillips : [sees Eugene, who has just landed on the island, wandering around. He grins] I don't believe it.
[he runs over and tackles Eugene]
PFC Sidney Phillips : Something's wrong! Something's very wrong if you made it through boot camp!
Eugene B. Sledge : Gimme a break, you old greaser, come on!
[they wrestle]
Capt. Andrew Haldane : [approaches with another officer] Get up off my deck.
Eugene B. Sledge : [the boys jump to their feet and stand at attention] Captain Haldane.
PFC Sidney Phillips : Sir.
Capt. Andrew Haldane : What's this about, marine? Some rite of greeting new to the corps?
PFC Sidney Phillips : [nervously] Yes, sir. I mean, no, sir.
Capt. Andrew Haldane : [to Eugene] Who are you?
Eugene B. Sledge : Private Eugene Sledge, sir.
Capt. Andrew Haldane : You fellas know each other, or is this some kinda conflict resolution?
Eugene B. Sledge : Old friends, sir. From Mobile, Alabama, sir.
Capt. Andrew Haldane : Mobile?
PFC Sidney Phillips : Yes, sir.
Capt. Andrew Haldane : [amused] Old friends, huh?
Second Marine : That explains it.
Capt. Andrew Haldane : As you were. But try not to dislocate a shoulder or break an arm. We need both you men healthy.
Eugene B. Sledge , PFC Sidney Phillips : Yes, sir.