1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 6: I was late coming in anyways, and they were putting me through a long song and dance.at song and dance, n.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 13: I played some football and baseball like everybody else. I was kind of a hard-ass in school.at hard-ass, n.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 83: This time he comes back with my platoon sergeant who was a real crazy-ass type.at crazy-ass, adj.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 10: I had a very strong image of me literally slogging through the field, dragging my ass, going through the paces.at drag one’s ass, v.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 9: We were faster and our attitudes were better. We beat people on attitude.at attitude, n.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 218: I went away for carrying a piece, possession of a weapon.at go away (v.) under away, adj.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 17: But by the time you get to the end of that whole process, you feel like you’re the baddest thing that ever walked the earth.at baddest (adj.) under bad, adj.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 14: I came down with a couple of guys who were Puerto Rican street gang material from the big city and they thought they were bad news.at bad news, n.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 124: The crash had generally banged me up. I was spitting blood for a month at least.at bang up, v.3
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 6: The whole crew was making noise [...] Half of them was banged up high as kites.at banged up, adj.3
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 140: I was kind of on my own, which was good. I was able to give my men three in-country R&Rs and a few other little bennies.at benies, n.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 41: I was given to Fox Trot [company]. I said, ‘That’s a bet. I like that name.’.at bet!, excl.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 190: I had to go up in front of a full bird colonel and lie to him about why I had to stay in Vietnam.at bird colonel (n.) under bird, n.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 187: The Big Bird of Paradise was flying home, straight and true.at bird, n.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 169: If he even looked like he was coming round, I just blasted him.at blast, v.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 169: Every time the kid tried to open his eyes [...] we just gave him a blast of morphine.at blast, n.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 148: They would steal you blind, but they always had a big ball of opium for you to smoke.at blind, adv.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 226: There’s a guy who’s a blinker – the quadriplegic – and he got worse than you.at blinker, n.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 77: What blew my head was what they did to calm me down.at blow someone’s head, v.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 158: I’m out in the bush busting my behind trying to stay alive.at bust one’s ass (v.) under bust, v.1
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 75: It was Hutchinson’s first action. Just as we’re going out he says, ‘Oh, I think I’m sick.’ [...] We didn’t think too much of that shit. It was more like butterflies before a big football game.at butterflies (in one’s stomach), n.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) 6: ‘If you keep going through all these changes, we have the right to pull y’all out of here [...] and put you on the bus to boot camp.’ Everyone got kind of quiet.at go through changes (v.) under changes, n.
1981 M. Baker Nam (1982) xi: I’m going to say he had cold beans and motherfuckers for breakfast, took some shots from the other guys for being a cherry and then went out and got blown into fifty million pieces.at cherry, n.1