text these guys wrote when I made the post, thank you u/BalhaMilan u/c1_dtl
text in the Google Docs that I'm updating

Those in bold are the ones circled in the post.

[Left Page]

June 6

Pierson, our sergeant, never lets up. 
But Turner, our platoon leader, protects
us. Maybe more than is good for him.

Stiles has a college degree, Used to
think he was a pacifist. That don't
sit well with Aiello, our veteran"

[Right Page]

"Then there's my buddy, Zussman.
A city kid I met in [???] You'd
like him, Hazel.

Ever since I could hold a rifle,
my [father/brother] drilled into me what
it was to be a hero. Fighting
your fears. [Doing] it alone. He'd
been awarded two Citation Stars
in The Great War, a tought act
to follow. But I'll be damned if I'm
not gonna try.

[Lifers] say you're a vet when
the ramp drops.

It's now or never…