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ripe fruit---
a soldiers arm
dangling from a tree
The former Republic of South Vietnam is a tropical paradise;
very different from what I am used to in the United States where there
are
four distinct seasons. In Vietnam, there are variations of one season:
summer. It is almost always hot, humid, the ever green countryside
and jungles teeming with exotic plants and trees. On some days, the temperature
got as high as 127 degrees Fahrenheit with 100% humidity. After an hour
in the hot sun, our uniforms were soaked, our bodies dripping with sweat.
During a fire fight, soldiers couldnt always retrieve those who
died. Bullets and mortars were flying in all directions. Bodies were left
behind. Or what remained of them.
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