You can hear the jungle before you see it. It’s a living, breathing entity, and for a raw private named Chris Taylor, it’s the first enemy. He’s an idealist who volunteered for Vietnam, a choice that will strip him down to his soul. As he lies in the wet grass, the whine of insects in his ears and sweat stinging his eyes, we meet the two poles of his new world. There is the kind-eyed Sergeant E...
