Harbison, who talks a big game about fighting the Japanese, until it's time to actually make the landing at Kuralei. Cable, described as "pretty heartsick" and "fed up with things in general", charges the Japanese recklessly at Kuralei, until he's eventually killed. Death Seeker: Implied with the death of Joe Cable, who rejected Liat the Vietnamese girl in "Fo' Dolla'".The last story, "A Cemetery at Hoga Point", mentions that Joe Cable from "Fo' Dolla'" was killed in the assault on Kuralei.They appear again in "Those Who Fraternize." In "Wine for the Mess at Segi," Tony Fry, Bus Adams, and the Commander stop at that island and visit those four. Latouche, the oldest, is married and lives on another island with the three in line after her. In "Our Heroine," Emile tells Nellie that he has eight daughters and introduces her to the four youngest.The last mention of Harbison is in "The Landing on Kuralei", in which the Commander learns from another member of his unit that Harbison pulled strings to avoid getting sent into battle. Harbison each appear as supporting characters in several other stories. Later story "Passion" mentions both Harbison and a doctor who was on the crashed plane, who remembers the story in greater detail. That story also mentions how Harbison went down in the Pacific when a supply plane crashed, only to be rescued from a lifeboat by an American ship. "Our Heroine" mentions both nurses before focusing on one, Nellie, who finds real love elsewhere. ![]() Harbison the dishonest American officer is introduced in "An Officer and a Gentleman", where he romances two nurses before rejecting them both. That's a nod to previous story "The Cave" in which Anderson is The Voice, having stayed behind after the Japanese captured Malaita, radioing intelligence to the Allies from the jungle. In "Our Heroine," the French plantation owner mentions meeting a man named Anderson on Malaita.Continuity Nod: Many as stories are loosely connected, and characters like Tony Fry and Lt.It also kills several American soldiers who leaped out of the trench and charged the Japanese force without waiting for instructions. ![]() The ships providing covering fire let loose a bombardment that stops the Japanese attack. Collateral Damage: In "The Landing on Kuralei", there's a moment during the battle where Japanese reinforcements attack the trench where the American landing force is dug in.It's notably one of the lighter-hearted stories in the collection. Christmas Episode: "Wine for the Mess at Segi", in which Tony Fry, the Commander, and Bus Adams go on an odyssey of thousands of miles across the ocean, from island to island, in search of some liquor for Christmas."Dry Rot" explores the various ways in which people start wigging out after spending months at a time stationed on a remote island or small atoll in the middle of the ocean. Cabin Fever: Island fever, in this case.Buxom Beauty Standard: In "Fo' Dolla'", Joe Cable notes Liat's beautiful breasts when they make love for the first time.Author Avatar: The "Commander" is is basically James Michener, spinning tales inspired by his own experiences and from the anecdotes he heard while serving in the United States Navy during World War II.When Teta Christian is telling her family history, she refers to her relatives as "my father Fletcher Christian" and "my brother Fletcher Christian" and so on, to distinguish them from each other and from the ancestor they're all named after. ![]()
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