Another "Fallen Angel"

What I have realized in this war is that we have hours of inactivity, and only seconds of terror.  Another one of our platoon was killed today Carroll was killed in an ambush; Perry is taking all the blame when he shouldn’t feel as if it’s his entire fault.  Perry said it’s his fault though because he was too scared to fire his weapon.  Every one of our squad was promoted one rank for there valiant performance in a dangerous situation, but Perry spends tortured hours trying to find a reason for Carroll’s death.  Our Platoon is assigned a new leader, Lt. Gearhart, who has only been in Vietnam for two months.  Perry’s mom wrote to me to have me tell Perry that she loves him.  Perry was very sad that his mom couldn’t express her feelings directly to him.  When the news feature about our squad airs, no one mentions the fact that Lieutenant Carroll is shown walking among us, still alive.  Brunner expressed his anger at the “faggots and Commies” back home who burn their draft cards. He blames them for the constant shortage of men in our squads.