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@@@@@It was the only thing that could arouse him by now "You men are just sonsofbitches "You cain't have it," Ridges saidHe could see no harm in it, which made it harder for him to refuse, but he was also bitter at WilsonWe done without, neveh made any fuss, he told himself"Wilson, you cain't have it His voice was final and Wilson lapsed into reverie again They picked up the stretcher and tugged forward a few yards, laid it down againThe sun was drifting toward the western horizon and it grew cooler, but they paid little attentionWilson was a burden they had to carry; it would go on and on and they could never let him goThey did not understand this, but comprehension was lurking behind their fatigueThey only knew that they must move on, and they didAll afternoon until it was dark Ridges and Goldstein staggered forward their few inches at a time, and slowly the inches added upBy the time they had stopped for the night, covered Wilson with one of their two blankets and bundled up together beside each other to sleep in stupor, they had advanced Wilson five miles from the place where they had left Brown and StanleyAlready the jungle was not too far awayAlthough they did not say it, they had glimpsed it from the top of the last hill they had crossedTomorrow they might be sleeping on the beach, waiting for the boat to bring them back 11 MAJOR DALLESON was in a quandaryThe General had left that morning -- the third morning of the patrol -- for Army Headquarters in an attempt to get a destroyer for the invasion of Botoi Bay, and Dalleson effectively had been left in commandColonel Newton, the CO of the 460th, and Lieutenant Colonel Conn technically ranked Dalleson, but in the General's absence Dalleson was in charge of operations, and now he had a tough problem before him The attack had been grinding ahead for five days, had bogged down only yesterdayThey had expected it, for the advance had been ahead of schedule, and it was probable the Japanese would increase their resistanceIn consideration of this, Cummings had told him to mark time"Things are going to be quiet, DallesonI suspect there'll be an attack or two from the Japs but nothing to worry ab