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	A GREEN LIEUTENANT A memoir of a Vietnam veteran

		I wanted to deny it, but Zurrow had me dead to rights. We were all sick from the lack of female company. You woke up in the middle of the night, listened to be sure all of your tent mates were asleep and then you reached for the joy stick and imagined the girl back home, the Playmate tacked to the wall, the nurses at the battalion med station, the Donut Dolly you�d just met, the Saigon tea girls. �You�re right. I bet they get hit on every day.� �And,� Zurrow continued my thoughts, �if they play it professionally and politely turn you down, they�re stuck up bitches. If they put out, they�re whores. They�re in a no-win situation.� It came to me, the Dolly�s were innocent. The situation was damned near impossible because of our circumstances and our nature. And yet they showed up for work each day, big smiles, full of energy and willing to sit down and help that kid who hadn�t gotten a letter in a month and half feel like someone in this world cared about what happened to him. It was a good lesson to learn in this season. Next story Return to contents

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