Platoon1986

Chris Taylor:
Somebody once wrote, "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like - Hell. I hate it already, and it's only been a week. Some God damned week, Grandma. The hardest thing I think I've ever done is go on point; three times this week. I don't even know what I'm doing. A gook could be standing three feet in front of me, and I wouldn't know it. I'm so tired. We get up at 5 a.m., hump all day, camp around 4 or 5, dig a foxhole, eat, and put out an all-night ambush or a three-man listening post in the jungle. It's scary 'cause nobody tells me how to do anything 'cause I'm new, and nobody cares about the new guys. They don't even wanna know your name. The unwritten rule is a new guy's life isn't worth as much 'cause he hasn't put his time in, yet. And they say, if you're gonna get killed in the Nam, it's better to get it in the first few weeks. The logic being: you don't suffer that much.....I don't think I can keep this up for a year, Grandma. I think I've made a big mistake coming here.