re: #456 pre-Boomer Marine brat

On the same theme, have you watched The Sandpebbles? The book’s ending was to HATE (like LIAMST’s), and I haven’t rented the movie because of that. Did Hollywood put in a happy ending, or did they gleefully kill off the hero?

I have the DVD of that movie, and I ball like a kid at the ending. I’d like to read the book, but I think it’s long out of print.