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"They brainwash 'em", said Davis. "The Reds always brainwash their troops. Hop 'em up on dope and get 'em crazy for blood. I hear the VC go into a village and kill everyone but fighting-age men. Isn't that right?"

"I never saw that", I said. "I used to read about things like that, but I never saw it while I was there."

"Well, it happens, believe me", said Davis, taking a gulp of his Scotch. "Happens all the time."

"When I'd enlisted, Diana Ross and the Supremes were still wondering where our love had gone. The first acid rock I encountered belonged to a San Fran hippie who'd shown up in Vietnam after burning his draft card and being confronted with the choice of prison or the Marines. I'd eventually become fond of him, but I never could stomach his music- perhaps because it symbolized a change I wasn't a part of."