He was naive when they thrust him into hell. The guys conscripted to go to Nam were very young, college-age boys of 19, 20, 21 yrs, barely men, in a worldly sense. They were forced to grow up pretty fast. Terrible decisions were made, and terrible things happened in that war, to both them, and the Vietnamese.
Two sides to every story …
The sick side of the Russian Army … :D:D