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[avto]

hello. about 10 years ago i read a book. i forgot it`s name.it was about soldier in amarican army in pearl harbour. if you translate from russian it sounds like - from now and forever.
i wonder if anybody knows what am i talking about?

[starrwriter]

hello. about 10 years ago i read a book. i forgot it`s name.it was about soldier in amarican army in pearl harbour. if you translate from russian it sounds like - from now and forever.i wonder if anybody knows what am i talking about?

It is From Here To Eternity, a very good novel by James Jones. It describes life in the military better than any book I ever read and it has a line I'll never forget:

"If a man don't go his own way, he's nothing."