Trouble! Now that’s one commodity we never run short of in Vietnam.

The only thing war will ever do (and do well), is decrease the world’s population of young men.

I’m a young man, trained to do what is necessary, but all the training in the world can’t prepare you for the first time you have to kill another human being or see a buddy get blown apart. No, I’m not tough… I’m scared.

I’m young, strong, healthy meat for the “little conflict” that got out of hand.

The one certain thing In the Army is – nothing is ever certain.

That shot helped to fracture the chain of command within the enemy ranks and signaled the beginning of the end for the ambush. He gave his life to help others live…. that’s a hero.

When you’re in the boonies and fighting for your own life, you can’t stop and have a good cry because the best friend in your life just checked out of the war and left nothing but emptiness in his place.

The only thing worse than fighting in a war, is fighting in a war within a war.

After all, how many people can understand what it’s like to be a young male in the 60’s and being scared to death, without showing it? I taste it, I cry about it, but the only way I find to handle it-is to face it. FEAR!