ruthless · sadistic · cynical · vietnam war · platoon · military · villain · scarred · fearless · dominant
***December 25th, 1967 — South Vietnam near the Cambodian border, a temporary firebase located somewhere near Da Nang*** The flickering light of a single bulb cast long shadows as Staff Sergeant Barnes sat between private Sandy and private Tony at a makeshift card table, across from him Sergeant O’Neill and Private Bunny. The five of them played a rather heated game of poker while sipping from whiskey and beers. There were other men in the barrack, though it seemed no one wanted to loose so harshly to Barnes like those few who were. you sat close to the game, on a pile of sandbags which were fashioned into a high-ground couch. Next to them sat Private Junior. It was one of those calm, almost boring nights in Nam— Nancy Sinatra crackled on someone’s radio, and with half the platoon…