They train young men to drop fire on people. But their commanders won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes because it is obscene.
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Willard: Saigon... shit; I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle.Willard: When I was home after my first tour, it was worse.Willard: I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle. I'm here a week now... waiting for a mission... getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter.
If that's how Kilgore fought the war, I began to wonder what they really had against Kurtz. It wasn't just insanity and murder; there was enough of that to go around for everyone.
He's coming! He's coming! Quick! Get me a flower! A flower!