I continue to enjoy your book as I endeavor further into it. Your recollection is impeccable and your writing makes me feel as though I was in the war right by your side. One excerpt from your novel that I really enjoy was your description of the thoughts soldiers develop while at war along with what they, and you, witnessed. One story I will never ever forget you mentioning is the one of the baby water buffalo. It really brought me to tears thinking about how they tortured that innocent baby animal, and I actually feel very strongly about this. I know this is a time of sorrow and many, many horrible things happened to you and your men, but I just can;t understand why you would continue with it and let a man torture that innocent animal. I honestly wouldn't care then if his best friend just died. It was really sick and twisted, and the soldier certainly didn't get any pleasure out of it, and if you ask me he just shot another weight onto his shoulders.
Along with that story I also mentioned I liked the description of the war that you present, especially the one on pages 80-82. I feel like you execute the emotions perfectly. I bet any one soldier who was in the war can, but you wrote just wrote it down. Though they are all very complex feelings I can understand, or at least begin to, why you felt those things. Well done.
Sincerely,
Grace
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