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Iwantedtosaythattheonly
deadpersonIhadeverseen
beforehadmybeenmy
grandmother

Hehadntseenanyonewhohadbeenkilledby
somethingotherthanoldage.Hemaynotof
beenreadytoseethat.

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WhenItriedtosleep,Ikept
seeingtheVC,justthewayhe
waslaidoutinfrontofthe
company.

Seeingadeadenemywasenoughtomakeit
hardforhimtosleep.

103

Onekid,theangrystainofblood
onhisshirtwasgrowingwith
everybreath.

Anexampleofsomethingyouwouldntwantto
seeinwar.

106

Theguysthatourartilleryblew
awaydidnthaveareasontodie.
Theyjustdiedbecause
somebodyelsewasscared,
maybecareless.

Thecompanythatgotblownupwasdueto
rushing,andpossiblycarelessness.

126

Ilookedtowardshisface,buthe
wasasilhouette,lostinthe
darknessofthemoment.

HelookedtowardsCarrollsfacebutitwasjusta
darksilhouetteatthatpoint.

126

Ithoughtmyheartwasstopping,
Icouldntbreathe.

Hewashavingahardtimedealingwithsomeone
closetohimbeingkilled.

136

LieutenantCarrollwasinsideof
WhenLieutenantCarrollwashurtittookapartof
me,hewaspartofme.Partofme Perryaswell.
wasdeadwithhim.

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Iwantedtotalktoeverybody
aboutit,butnobodycoulddeal
withit

Theywerenotreadytodealwiththefactthat
theymighthavelostafriend.

144

IlookedolderthanIthoughtIdid Perrythoughthelookedolderbecausehewas
inreallife.OlderandSloppier
livinginajunglewherehygienemaynotofbeen
abigthing.

177

Thesightofallthebodieslying
around,thesmellofbloodand
pukeandurine,mademyhead
spin.

Theimageandscentofthiswillbeburnedinhis
mindfortherestofhislife.

178

Itwasnteasy,steppingaround
thebodies,turningawayfromthe
stench,fromtherealityofthe
deatharoundus.

Noonecouldhandleallthedeadbodiesandthe
factthateverysinglepersonthatlaytherelifeless
waslivingandbreathingthatday.

182

Irememberedlookingdownat
Thefactthathejustactuallykilledsomeonewas
him,theM16inmyhands,my
hardforhimtorealize.Heobviouslyfeltbad
forearmsachingfromthetension aboutit,butitwaseitherhisownlifeortheirs.
ofholdingit.Iremembered
lookingdownathimanditfeltlike
myownfacewastornapart

187

Hewouldblowmyfaceawaythe Ifhedidnttakeactionandkillhim,thesituation
samewayIhadblownhisawayin wouldvebeenreversed.
reallife.

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ThisisthefirsttimePerrygotshot,andalso
whenBrewdies.

212

Hesabooniesrat.aguysaid
Youknowtheyaintrightfortwo
orthreeweeks

Theboonieratsgothroughthethickjungle
shootingeverythingtheysee.Theykillmore
peoplethananyoneelse.

226

Whatwasouttherewasme,
fearful,crying,inthenight.Iwas
afraid.

HekeepsthinkinghesseeingVCbuttheyarent
actuallythere,hesjustscared.

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Somepartsyoucouldlaughat,
likegettinghitintheass.Other
parts,likethekidblowingup,you
triedtoshutoutofyourmind

CertainthingsPerrytriesnotkeepinhishead
becausetheyarehorrible.

243

Thenoisewasterrible.Every
timeamortarwentoffIjumped.I
couldnthelpmyself.Thenoise
wentintoyou.Ittouchedpartsof
youthatweresmalland
frightenedandwantingyour
mommy.

Hesscaredfromthenoisebecauseheknows
whatscomingwhenhehearsit.

254

Iwasofthedeadguys.Isaw
them,armslimp,faces
sometimestwistedinanguish,
mostlycalm,andIwasafraidof
them.Theywereme.

Heseespeoplewhohavediedandheisscared
thatitwillsoonenduphappeningtohim.

257

SuddenlyIwasntthere.Itwas
asifIwasoutofmybodylooking
downatus.AndthenIwasback.
Whatthehellwasgoingon?I
shookmyhead.

Hewasgoingoutofhisownmindwhichisasign
ofPTSD.

261

Peoplewerenotsupposedtobe
twistedboneandtubesthat
poppedoutatkidstoysangles.
Peopleweresupposedtobe
sittingandtalking

PeoplegotslaughteredandPerrywisheshe
hadntseenallthat.

267

IalsoknewwhenIgotback,she Perrysmomdoesntunderstandwhathesaw
wouldexpectmetobethesame andheknowshewillnotbethesame.
person,butitcouldneverhappen.
ShehadntbeentoNam.She
hadntgivenanybodyherponcho
towrapabodyin,orsteppedover
adyingkid.

300

Werealldeadoverhere,were
Heknowsthingsarenotnormalandhejustkind
alldeadhopingwecomebackto ofhopesthingswillfixthemselveswhenhegets
lifewhenwegetbacktotheworld back.
again

308

Wetriedtostraightenupthebest Warisexhausting.
wecould.Itwasntthewounds
thatkeptusbent,thattuggedat
ourshoulders,somuchasitwas
thefatigue.Weweretiredofthis
war.