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1. helter skelter in a summer swelter by Gingerwerk

   Fandoms: The Pacific (TV), Band of Brothers (TV 2001), Masters of the Air (TV 2024)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   17 Oct 2025

   Tags

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   • Merriell "Snafu" Shelton/Eugene Sledge
   • R. V. Burgin/Florence Risely
   • Eugene Sledge
   • Merriell "Snafu" Shelton
   • Bill Leyden
   • Faye Tanner
   • Robert Oswalt
   • R. V. Burgin
   • Florence Risely
   • Jay De L'Eau
   • Sidney "Sid" Phillips (The Pacific)
   • Andrew A. "Ack-Ack" Haldane
   • Edward "Hillbilly" Jones
   • Helen (Masters of the Air)
   • Alternate Universe
   • Alternate Universe - Vietnam
   • Alternate Universe - 1970s
   • Roadtrip
   • Dual Timeline
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Nightmares
   • Flashbacks
   • Panic Attacks
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Closure
   • Helen Mota is pretty brief you do Not need to watch mota to get it okay
   • i just think eugene is the type of guy to have a gaggle of lady friends
   • who all try to give him advice but whether or not he takes it is up to him
   • thank you mota for giving us more than one (1) female character
   • this fic is what happens when you have two history degrees
   • and miss doing intense but ultimately pointless research on a niche topic

   Summary

   In 1967, desperate to take part in his generation’s great war, nineteen-year-old Eugene Sledge defied his family to join the Marines, completely unaware that this decision would completely change the trajectory of his life.

   In 1973, twenty-five-year-old Eugene Sledge finally felt as if he was getting his life back together again when, after five years of silence, Snafu Shelton appeared on his doorstep in Brooklyn with a question: “You ever seen the Grand Canyon?”

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