Chapter 37 Summary

Cat Man and Cannonball's teams hear the fire in the cemetery and realize its Senator's team that's being hit. They go to the rescue and split the perimeter. Bagger and Snake follow. Bagger's pack is erupted, setting off a smoke bomb that ends up in everyone's eyes. Snake finds Senator and climbs in the hole with him, helping him out of his shock. The Medevac will be there soon, he tells Senator. Senator tells him they are all going to die because they are the bait for whatever operation Kersey had set up.

Chapter 37 Analysis

The irony of the war is clear in this chapter. Some men say there are hundreds of tiny wars going on within Vietnam. This seems to be a clear indication that, for some reason, Kersey wanted Snake to chase down three lone soldiers on the tree line and...