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“Ah, old war stories then? Well okay. Spent, uh, I think 5 years there? Yeah, about 5 years. Gets a bit hazy after a while, y’know? Well anyway, spent about 5 years there, with the 9th cav. Crazy fuckin’ CO. Anyway, it was what you’d think. Shootin’ those fuckin’ gooks, all the goddamn time. Or bored out of our minds, nothing to do but patrol around the base or whatever else they wanted you to do.
So I spent time across the country. Getting sent in to clear a village, defend a base, evac some guys. Even got a few medals though they didn’t let me keep them when I got here. And we heard all sorts of stories about guys who either went off reservation or became real badasses. All kinds. Hell, I heard one of a some officer who crossed the border and made the natives start worshipping him. Nuts.
And shit, I’ll let you in on a secret. A lot of people won’t talk about this, but workin’ for the Foundation has got me thinking, and I’ve started to connect the dots. So, we’re in there ‘cause we got to help out the Vietnamese right? The commies in the North want to take over, and we gotta help out the South. Except we get there and the best military in the world is struggling to beat some shitty country that no-one’s ever heard of before. How long was World War II? 6 years? And America was in it for 3. The world’s biggest countries doing their best to crush each other into the dirt, and we came out on top. But now Uncle Sam is struggling to kick the ass of some tiny rice farmers. That doesn’t add up to me. But you know what I think?
