January 1943, the survivors of thebattle of Gudalcanal were taken to Melbourne, Australia....
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January 1943, the survivors of thebattle of Gudalcanal were taken to Melbourne, Australia. Here, they would recover andwait while the United States built up its military forces. In spite of thevictory of Gudalcanal, Japan still held the vast territorysurrounding its homeland. It would take close to a yearto build the force large enough to launch the next major Americanoffensive in the Pacific. Meanwhile, when the marinesdocked in Melbourne, news of their successhad preceded them. We got to Melbourne and they were callingus saviors of Australia. You know what,it was music to our ears. When we arrived in Melbourne, we had no idea what Australianswere supposed to be like, or what the country wassupposed to be like. All we knew is we had beenunloaded there in heaven. You gotta keep in mind that the Australian-NewZealand army core. they were in Africa and... so, there was a shortage of men. And all these gals hadn't hadany attention for a long time, and we endeavor to do a good job. I bet that was the best liberty *** we had ever got. It was perfect
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the survivors of the battle of Gudalcanal
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were taken to Melbourne Australia
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Here they would recover and wait while the United States
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built up its military forces
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In spite of the victory of Gudalcanal
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Japan still held the vast territory surrounding its homeland
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It would take close to a year to build the force large enough
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to launch the next major American offensive in the Pacific
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Meanwhile when the marines docked in Melbourne
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news of their success had preceded them
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We got to Melbourne
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and they were calling us saviors of Australia
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You know what it was music to our ears
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When we arrived in Melbourne
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we had no idea what Australians were supposed to be like
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or what the country was supposed to be like
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All we knew is we had been unloaded there in heaven
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You gotta keep in mind
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that the Australian New Zealand army core
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they were in Africa and
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so there was a shortage of men
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And all these gals hadn't had any attention for a long time
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and we endeavor to do a good job
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I bet that was the best liberty we had ever got
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It was perfect
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Movie Summary
The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines.
