5/23/2023 0 Comments Mauldin willie and joeTheir uniforms, however, have become so filthy during their assignment that they cannot enter the city without being arrested by M.P.s. After several grueling weeks on the job, they are finally rewarded with a one-week leave permit to Tokyo. Joe then realizes that they can volunteer for the Quartermaster Corps in order to stay together, but when they do so, they are immediately assigned to be test subjects for a series of torturous equipment tryouts. When the friends learn that they will soon be separated, they pretend not to care but are saddened. Rose treats the wily veterans roughly, requiring them to lead their troop in various physical endurance tests. Harkins tears up their discharges and sends them to Japan to repeat basic training. During their cavorting, they start a bar fight and are arrested, after which Col. After convincing the Army doctors that Willie has lost his hearing and Joe his eyesight, however, Joe insists that they join their old troop buddies for drinks that night. Within weeks of rejoining the service, Joe has a new plan to obtain discharges by faking injuries. When they are recalled to active duty only months later, however, Willie is furious. At the end of World War II, reluctant soldier Joe convinces his pal Willie to sign up for the Inactive Reserve in order to obtain early discharges.
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