The Pacific (TV Mini Series)
Peleliu Landing (2010)
James Badge Dale: PFC Robert Leckie
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PFC Robert Leckie : [in Leckie's 'library,' he sees Sledge picking up a Bible and chuckles] Now that explains it. You're a believer.
Eugene B. Sledge : Yes.
PFC Robert Leckie : OK, question: God created everything, right? The heavens, seven seas, Marine Corps...
[gestures to the sleeping Runner]
PFC Robert Leckie : Sleeping Beauty there...
Eugene B. Sledge : [chuckles] Even him.
PFC Robert Leckie : Land crabs, rats, mosquitoes...
Eugene B. Sledge : Mosquito's a little tough to understand, I guess.
PFC Robert Leckie : God created Japs too, right?
[Eugene's smile fades]
PFC Robert Leckie : Yellow slants who've tried to kill me on many occasions. Japs come from the garden of Eden too?
Eugene B. Sledge : Well, what we do is up to us. He gives us a choice.
PFC Robert Leckie : Free will, right. 'Cept he's God, of course, so he knows what we're gonna do before we do it.
Eugene B. Sledge : Predestination.
PFC Robert Leckie : So the whole game is fixed by the will of Gramps on his throne while we're down here for what? His entertainment? That makes us chumps, or God's a sadist and either way, I got no use for him.
Eugene B. Sledge : So what do you believe in?
PFC Robert Leckie : I believe in ammunition.
[Eugene chuckles]
PFC Robert Leckie : Tell you what, though - since I'm not on speaking terms anymore, next time you're havin' a chat with the old geezer, can you ask him to sink a few Jap transports and have 'em all fall on their bayonets so I can get the fuck out of here and go home? Sure would appreciate it.
[Eugene turns to leave and puts the Bible back]
PFC Robert Leckie : You go ahead and keep it. Don't know what I have it in the first place.
Eugene B. Sledge : No thanks.
[goes to the mouth of the tent]
Eugene B. Sledge : Got my own.
[holds it up and leaves]
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Eugene B. Sledge : Have you heard the latest about the other war?
PFC Robert Leckie : There's another war?
Eugene B. Sledge : We invaded Europe. Landed last month in France.
PFC Robert Leckie : Well, unless you've got a brother over there, most guys don't give a shit.
Eugene B. Sledge : My brother landed in Italy, tank battalion.
PFC Robert Leckie : Well, I guess you get to give a shit.
[offers Sledge water]
Eugene B. Sledge : Thanks.
[picks up a Bible]
PFC Robert Leckie : Well, that explains it, you're a believer.
[Sledge nods]
PFC Robert Leckie : Okay, question: God created everything, right? The heavens, the seven seas, the Marine Corps,
[points to Runner]
PFC Robert Leckie : sleeping beauty over there?
Eugene B. Sledge : [laughs] Even him.
PFC Robert Leckie : Land crabs, rats, mosquitos?
Eugene B. Sledge : Mosquitos are a little tough to understand.
PFC Robert Leckie : [turns serious] God created Japs too, right? The yellow slants who've tried to kill me on many occasions? Japs come from the Garden of Eden too?
Eugene B. Sledge : Well, what we do is up to us, we're given a choice.