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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

Chapter 1

• Ronnie is a high school dropout in 1968.

• Ronnie's mother doesn't understand why he fights so much and carries hatred in his heart.

• Ronnie enlists in the Marines because he has a temper and likes to fight.

Chapter 2

• Bobby is proud to go to Vietnam and carry on the family tradition of enlisting in the military.

• Bobby was named after Robert E. Lee.

• Bobby waits for paperwork in Okinawa and meets a girl named Mitsuko.

Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

Chapter 3

• Bobby Hodges is briefed in Dan Nang.

• Bobby awakens to the sound of bombs and a severed hand lands near him.

• He leaves for Arizona Valley the next day.

Chapter 4

• Snake pulls the wounded, Ogre, into his hole.

• Vitelli and Baby Cakes are wounded.

• Snake tells Homicide and Bagger that Vitelli didn't make it.

Chapter 5 | Chapter 6

Chapter 5

• Major Otto asks Hodges if he is ready for the bush...

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