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“It don’t mean nothin’” is an expression that emerged from the Vietnam War. The refrain was used by American soldiers as a means of coping with the horrors they witnessed and the injuries they sustained while escaping death. In that vein, Marlantes adds, “There it is.” In Matterhorn the men repeat the phrase when they realize how fruitless their efforts are as they fight a ruthless and cruel enemy, and how ignorant the orders from the commanding officers are as they relax with a cocktail or two
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