The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

Author:Pat Conroy [Conroy, Pat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
Published: 2010-08-05T14:00:00+00:00

From the halls of Montezuma,

To the hills of Tennessee,

We’re the biggest bunch of assholes,

That the world will ever see.

First to beat our wives and children,

Then to wipe their bodies clean,

May the whole damn Navy take a crap

On the United States Marines.

The officer in charge gave a sign and the doors to the mess hall were thrown open, as a band marched into the cleaned out center of the hall playing the “Foreign Legion March.” They passed by the officers and ladies of squadron 367 and marched to the far end of the hall, then coming back up the hall, instruments gleaming, the band broke out into the Marine Corps hymn as Bull stood at attention, the flow of history seizing him. Lillian, standing erect, felt the tears come as they always did when she saw strong men march and heard this song that lived in the center of her. The night would go on, the Mameluke sword would cut the cake, the general would speak, and tradition would be served. But for Bull and Lillian, it was the hymn that made this night a holy night for all time.

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