The short-timers
by Gustav Hasford · first published 1979
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on “Ask HN: What are some must read books?” ↗There's a section of Gustav Hasford's 'The Short Timers' that describes this well. Two soldiers have recently returned from the front lines and hitch a lift to a base, or PX, or something of that nature. The gate guard - some fat fuck who's clearly never seen…