I read a story about Peggy Terry, a woman who worked in the war production factories during WWII. To her, it was a miracle that she even had a job to provide for her family. However I found the personal story of E. B. (Sledgehammer) Sledge much more interesting. Sledge was a marine in the Pacific. He described the horrors of fighting the Japanese and what had to be done to survive in the Pacific. The Japanese fought savagely and inhumanely. This caused a lot of the Marines to abandon their humanity in order to fight the Japanese. “Don’t hesitate to fight the Japs dirty. Most Americans, from the time they’re kids, are taught not to hit below the belt. It’s not sportsmanlike. Well, nobody has taught the Japs that, and war ain’t sport. Kick him in the balls before he kicks you in yours” (Terkel 199). There were no rules in the Pacific; Just War Theory didn’t exist with the Japanese. Therefore the Americans had to fight just as savagely in order to survive. This savagery cost each Marine a part of themselves. Taking Japanese prisoners was rare at best. The Japanese were taught never to surrender; so wounded Japanese would use their last ounce of strength to pull out a grenade and blow himself up, taking as many Marines with him as possible. Surrender wasn’t an option for the Marines either, after what happened in Bataan. There was no end in sight for these men. I wouldn’t be able to face what these Marines had to face in fighting the Japanese.