After the Tet Offensive, Warren C. Griffin believed that the war was coming to an end and joined the Marine Crops: "Here is my body. Do whatever you want with it." Little did he know, the war was still raging. After completing his training at ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company), Griffin was ordered to prepare for a Mediterranean Cruise. But, yearning for an adventure, he and five friends requested a transfer to Vietnam. When he arrived in Đông Hà in the DMZ, Griffin was warned: "Rocket city. You're going to get rocketed all the time." Griffin reflects his on grievances towards the South Vietnamese, assimilating to wartime life by defining authority, and his feelings about the Vietnam War today.