PART ONE:
“Welcome to fire support base Kathy, she’s not much but she’s all we got”, Sgt. Olson said wearily to the FNGs who had just arrived. He’d spoken these same words to dozens of GIs over the last few weeks and was getting tired of being the cruise director. Many of these cherries would end up in a black bag and metal case; packed into the back of a transport ride home. Best not to make too many friends until they'd sorted out who was who and what was what.
The fresh faces seemed to get younger and younger, thought Sgt. Olson. One of them was barely taller than the