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* {{Gorn}}: Aside from the usual violence, we get a shot of a Japanese corpse with the top of his head missing. [[{{Squick}} Water is splashing into it from overhead.]]

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* {{Gorn}}: Aside from the usual violence, we get a shot of a Japanese corpse with the top of his head missing. [[{{Squick}} Water is missing, with water splashing into it from overhead.]]



* KilledOffForReal: CO Ack Ack gets killed by a sniper. [[{{TearJerker}} His death is mourned.]]
* KillItWithFire: Womack and co clear out a bunker with a flamethrower. It's as scary as you'd think.

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* KilledOffForReal: CO Ack Ack Captain Ack-Ack gets killed by a sniper. [[{{TearJerker}} His death is mourned.]]
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* KillItWithFire: Womack and co co. clear out a bunker with a flamethrower. It's as scary as you'd think.
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** Gunny Hanes didn't have a breakdown, he simply realized he was too old to keep up with the rank-and-file and asked to be reassigned from the front.

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** Gunny Hanes Haney didn't have a breakdown, he simply realized he was too old to keep up with the rank-and-file and asked to be reassigned from the front.
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** At episode's end, Sledge gets a mild brush-off from a soldier at the rear and fixes him with a glare that shuts him up.

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** Gunny Hanes didn't have a breakdown, he simply realized he was too old to keep up with the rank-and-file and asked to be reassigned from the front.



* CampingACrapper: An unintentional instance. Jay steps into a cave to take a crap and discovers two Japanese soldiers inside it. He makes it out in time, but gets the fright of his life. [[BringMyBrownPants And accidentally craps himself in the rush.]]



--->'''Gunny:''' You don't get out of your hole at night, because ''this'' is what happens!
* {{Gorn}}: Aside from the usual violence, we get a shot of a Japanese corpse with the top of his head missing. [[{{Squick}} Water is splashing into it from overhead.]]



* KickTheDog: One soldier starts extracting the gold from a Japanese soldier's mouth while he's still alive. [[ShootTheDog Snafu walks over and puts the soldier out of his misery before he can seriously suffer.]]

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* KickTheDog: One soldier starts extracting the gold from a Japanese soldier's mouth while ''while he's still alive. alive''. [[ShootTheDog Snafu walks over and puts kills the soldier out of his misery before he can seriously suffer.suffers.]]
* KilledOffForReal: CO Ack Ack gets killed by a sniper. [[{{TearJerker}} His death is mourned.
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* ObfuscatingInsanity: If it wasn't already obvious, it's clear Snafu's eccentricities are an act he does to entertain and lead his peers.
* PetTheDog: Snafu is kind of creepy, but dissuades Sledge from "collecting Japanese gold" in a moment of anger.
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After securing the airfield, the Marines move to secure the rest of the island, which is made difficult by the extensive tunnel system the Japanese have prepared...

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* TheBusCameBack: Juergens makes a reappearance after having disappeared after Episode 3. While wounded and being carried on a stretcher, he's still alive.
* FriendOrFoe: A Marine getting jumped by a Jap at night jumps out of his foxhole without sounding off and gets shot by another Marine. An emotional Gunny tears into the men for this.
* IWillFightSomeMoreForever: Discussed, as the Japanese keep refusing to surrender even when it'd be best for them.
--->''"What don't they just surrender?"''
--->''"Because they're Japs."''
* KickTheDog: One soldier starts extracting the gold from a Japanese soldier's mouth while he's still alive. [[ShootTheDog Snafu walks over and puts the soldier out of his misery before he can seriously suffer.]]
* KillItWithFire: Womack and co clear out a bunker with a flamethrower. It's as scary as you'd think.
* SoldiersAtTheRear: The engineers that get to come in after the fighting's done get some ribbing. One of them offers to pay money for any Japanese sword or gun the Marines have found.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: An engineer offers money to anyone who can get him a Japanese sword. Later in the episode, Sledge fights a man who draws a katana when his gun jams.
* SurvivorsGuilt: John Balisone is clearly experiencing this in relation to Manny Rodriguez.

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