Robert F. Easterbrook

Robert Easterbrook is a nineteen year old Marine corporal serving on Guadalcanal. His nickname is Easterbunny. Before entering the Marines he had been a freshman at the University of Missouri with a high enough grade point average to ensure his entry into the Graduate School of Journalism. He had planned on a career as a photojournalist. He had enlisted the day after Pearl Harbor for the duration of the war plus six months which he now views as the dumbest thing he has ever done. Some of his photos have already been on the covers of Life and Look. He was classified as a clerk/typist when posted at Quantico. He was then sent overseas as a replacement for a photojournalist where he was assigned to photograph the invasion of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Gavutu.

When McCoy says that Easterbook is ready to go over the edge...