Fred Downs Quotes

• “A man can’t feel safe anywhere in this whole country” (Pg.70)
• “We live in mud and rain” (Pg.60)
• “..One wonders how much the human body can stand” (Pg.61)
• “Everyone in field wants the million-dollar wound so they can be sent back to the states” (Pg.69)
• “At night the mosquito’s plaque me while I’m lying on the ground with my poncho wrapped around me. The rain drips on me until I go to sleep from exhaustion” (Pg. 60)
• “Right now I’m pretending that I’m talking to you” (pg.60)
• “My RTO ... was crying ... letters ... from ... his wife ... said she didn't whether he came back or not. It is bad enough over here. But when your wife writes shit like that it completely destroys a man”. (p.171)
• “We found ... where the [VC] had been ... and - get this - at one of the tables, six hands of cards”. (p.69)
• “I told my men ... the first ... to kill a dink ... I would buy them a bottle of whiskey. They can't wait to kill one of them now”. (p.70)
• “They pulled a few stiches out of my hind end yesterday, so only have about a thousand to go” (Pg.187)

 

By Kirsty