Status Updates From Fields of Fire

Hodges reconnects with Mitsuko while on Okinawa and attempts to marry her - also offered a move to Recreation Officer, which he declines out of guilt and duty to his men

Hodges gets shrapnel, Phony looses an arm - booby trap

Flash of civilian life for Sarge Gilligan - and Howard that transition is

Back on the front some of the injured boys come back and shoot the shit about their R&R stories

Hodges learns about some of the shifty dealings of the sergeant major in lying that the resettlement bills is full. He promises a group of villagers they could move there but had to turn them back.

Cruel depiction of how Vietnamese civilians were treated, including the hinted rape or defilement of an underaged girl with a stomach wound

Picture into the animosity between blacks and whites even on base

Senator’s cowardice still reigns true when Snake gets a lucky bullet through his toes

Hodges has an existential talk with himself and his ghosts

We meet Dan and learn about the struggle of a farmer torn between surrender, fighting for the VC, or just dying