broke

his laughter, “has seen fit—” he broke off to choke on a deep laugh.
“To send me a marine! Samoan! First sergeant?!” he finished with a shout of joy.

“So that’s the situation Top,” said the lieutenant, watching his new first sergeant for a reaction.
They were in the kitchen of the Bachelor Officers’ Quarters for Bravo Company 1st Battalion 555th Infantry. The “Quarters” was a sixty-six-foot trailer subdivided into four single rooms with a shared kitchen, living area and bathroom. The rooms were the approximate size of a walk-in closet and the sole light fixture in the kitchen was an overhead outlet that had arrived sans cover.
The