COMPACT STINGER

摘要

In Vietnam, the bugs are big. Centipedes, spiders and other insect vermin can reach the size of small rats-and the rats look like domestic cats. While in Hue-Phu Bai, my battalion moved into hard-backed tents and set up camp. I was the rifle company's exec and reported to my rudimentary office early one steam- ing morning. I had left my jungle utility shirt hanging from a nail overnight. When I slipped it on, I felt a hard lump on my left shoulder. I grabbed it and was rewarded with a sharp sting.