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I would say that the turning point of this shift, and consequently both of their characters, is the moment where Eugene saved Snafu on the Peleliu airfield.

@disastrouscanasta and I were actually talking about this, how sledgefu never would have worked if Snafu wasn’t as hardened from the war as he was and if Eugene was any further down his path of destruction. If Eugene wasn’t as innocent as he was, he never would have saved Snafu, let alone even look back for him. And if Snafu wasn’t as cynical, he wouldn’t have been as obsessed with saving Eugene’s humanity afterwards.

This is their turning point: Eugene only falls further and further while Snafu tries so desperately to keep up after him and lift him afloat. They turn together, and like you said, they become each other’s crutch. This is because Eugene saving Snafu was also the moment their humanity became irrevocably intertwined with each other. Snafu finds salvation through saving Eugene and Eugene, who has gone down a path of destruction, is saved by the man whom he saved due to his own good will. By saving Snafu in the airfield, Eugene inadvertently saved himself as well.

Somewhere along the story, their positions switched: Snafu used to be the veteran that lead and teach Sledge. Suddenly, he became the followers, attached to Eugene's every move.

When did that happen? I always find Sledge and Snafu's shifting dynamic so interesting. They go on the same path, yet their directions are at odd, stringing toward destruction (for Eugene) or salvation (for Snafu). They are each other's crutch, the compass's point, yet their respective role at some point reversed and they became each other.