Message from Nam

How do you tell someone what it's like to kill a man hand to hand, run a bayonet through his guts, or shoot a sniper in the face who turns out to be a woman? Or about the sunsets on the mountains or the green of Viet Nam, or the sounds and the smells, and the people, and the girl who can't even say your name, but you know you love her.

Cum sa-i spui cuiva cum este sa omori un barbat mana in mana, sa-i treci baioneta prin maruntaie sau sa impusti in fata un lunetist care se dovedeste a fi o femeie? Sau despre apusurile de pe munti sau despre verdele Vietnamului, sau despre sunete si mirosuri, si despre oameni, si despre fata care nici macar nu poate sa-ti spuna numele, dar stii ca o iubesti.