Why was six afraid of seven? Six hasn't been the same since he left Vietnam. Every time he closes his eyes, he's sees Charlie hiding in the darkness of the forest. Not that you could ever see those bastards, mind you. They were fast and they knew their way around the jungle. He remembers the looks on the boy's faces when they walked into that village and... oh Jesus. He shouldn't think about that now. Sometimes he still hears Tex's slow southern drawl. He remembers the smell of Brooklyn's cigar

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A man is at a banquet with other veterans Bob is at a banquet with other veterans of various conflicts. He had history in the Angolan Civil War, but was ashamed to only be an "in the wire" medic and not seeing much action. Bob sees another vet, Rich, who goes on about a perilous journey during Vietnam, resulting in explosions, gunfights, anything a good war story comprises of. Rich turns to Bob and asks, "Whattabout you?" Bob goes pale, and scrambles for a story. He quickly thinks one up and

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