Summary

Chapter 10: That night Richie’s platoon heads back toward the village where the Vietcong had been spotted. Richie’s squad set up near a small cemetery with Monaco as point man. Richie sits in the dark quietly and thinks about his mother and Kenny back home. He wonders if the Vietcong already know his squad is there and if he is a sitting duck. Richie thinks about how he is a virgin and that it would be a shame for him to die without ever having experienced intimate love. After a few hours, Richie hears Vietnamese voices in the distance and his squad begins firing. A few flares are sent up and the squad can see the enemy soldiers they are killing. Peewee finds a tunnel, covered by underbrush, and Sergeant Simpson throws a grenade down the tunnel.

The squad starts to retreat and a...