They caught up with the rear of the company that afternoon. It didn't take long before they found that they had not even been missed. In the end, it didn't matter anyway. The farmer, at the age of 20, was thrown back into United States society after 366 days in Vietnam. He took with him a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, much bitterness, and psychological wounds that will affect him for the rest of his life.
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