"From this day forward, until victory or defeat, transfer, discharge, capture, or death took them from it, the vast Pacific would be beneath and around them. Its bottom was already littered with downed warplanes and the ghosts of lost airmen. Every day of this long and ferocious war, more would join them". It is interesting to see how others view this particular aspect of the war. I'm sure that most of us are aware that many people crashed and died over the Pacific Ocean, yet I like how the author used imagery here to show just how many people and planes were lost in this one part of the world. I also like how she included the idea that the longer the war becomes, the more lives will be lost.