Chapter II War Secrets
Ok, Dragon skin, this is my war secret, the man from Nam says, my 12 month tour of duty
Was extended by the Vietcong against my wish of course. I was captured, they made of me
A POW. The camel desert warrior didn’t get it and asked jungle green, where’s the secret
On that? Being a POW I think is not a secret at all, said Dragon skin. Desert sand vet thought,
That flat jacket vet had lost it, mean the reality. And tell me, I want to know what your war
Secret is. The man from Nam took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said, ok,
New warrior I’ll tell you my war secret. I was raped, you were raped? Raped by whom?
Asked Dragon skin, I was raped by those little Vietcong guerrillas. Desert sand vet was
In shock, silence fallowed. The man from Nam was totally quiet too, but my ears were
Wide open, yes I wanted to hear some more, don’t get me wrong here, ok? I thought, ok,
He was raped, now the revenge against the Vietcong guerrillas, he will kill them all
One by one, an eye for an eye, take no prisoners have no mercy this will be those
Little bastard’s hell, the end of Vietnam War, at least that’s what I thought, that’s what
I really wanted to hear from jungle green vet. But the jungle warrior had another story
To tell.
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