Private Boys

Boys in Containment

Private Boys is a main character appearing in Vietnam, and a side character in the Vietnam section of American Wars of Containment. Boys serves in a platoon under the command of Captain Indiana and alongside notable members such as Sergeant Bushido and Corporal Wilson. Boys was drafted into the U.S. army after graduating high school leading to his appearance as a new private in the Vietnam video. In Vietnam, Boys is introduced as an anxious individual, worried that his inexperience may lead cause harm to the platoon or to himself. Boys adequately deals with tough situations in the video as he survives the ambush leading to his eventual hardening and confidence as a man. By Containment he is rough and experienced, unafraid of what the future may bring as he is confident in his own skill and ability. Boys uses an M16A1 assault rifle which he demonstrates considerable accuracy with. He is also talented at clearing VC tunnels and spotting enemy booby traps.

## In Vietnam

The video begins with Private Boys stepping off a helicopter for his first deployment into the war after being drafted months prior. Boys is seeking Captain Indiana not only for the reason to meet his new platoon commander, but he also must deliver a message from Colonel Sanders giving the Captain orders to move to a new location. On his way into camp, Boys asks Private Joe where he would he be able to find Indiana. Joe informs him that Indiana has built a tree house as a command post directly above them so Boys climbs up. Boys comes in and introduces himself to the Captain while handing him the message. Indiana is slightly disturbed with the news that the platoon has to relocate, but he accepts the orders without complaint and then sends Boys to meet Sergeant Bushido in order to be shown around. When Bushido is found it would seem as though he may have been drunk as he had just finished bottles of gin and whiskey. Bushido asks if Boys is the delivery boy since he had put in for more shipments of whiskey but Boys emphasizes he would like to be shown around the camp. Bushido displeased states "they don't pay me enough to take orders". Indiana then arrives questioning Bushido's actions and then informs the men they will be heading out. Bushido offers to drive the jeep but he soon crashes it.

After the accident Indiana leads a small squad of men to figure out the correct footpath with Boys, Bushido, and Corporal Wilson. Boys reprimands Bushido for crashing the jeep asking if he was "drunk or something" to which Bushido essentially replied yes and he still was. Then it was finally realized this man is an alcoholic and should not be trusted. While further travelling down the road the Captain decides to climb a tall tree in order to scout out the area asking for Boys' binoculars. He sends Wilson back to check up on the other platoon members and then begins to climb the tree. Soon after this Bushido and Boys hear a commotion coming from a bush so they investigate. They are suddenly attacked by a bearded man in tattered clothes with a stick. After some confusion and panic the man realizes the two are Americans when he hears them speak and reveals himself to be a former French army soldier. This man known as, "Jacques" or, "The Frenchman" had been fighting in Vietnam ever since the close of the French Indochina War. Boys and Bushido are distrustful of him as they could not believe a French soldier would still be fighting and planned on shooting him if he tried anything suspicious. After questioning him further the Frenchman begins to recite the tale that led him to still be fighting his own guerrilla war. After he is done reciting his story the video shifts back to the the present showing the Americans had sat down to listen to his tale. Upon seeing that Captain Indiana was climbing down the tree he said goodbye to Boys and Bushido and headed back into the jungle laughing his French laugh running away in a flamboyant manner.

The two G.I.s then head back to the tree when Indiana misses a branch and then plummets to the ground. The captain is pleased to say he found the correct direction to their destination. Boys attempts to tell Indiana but the Frenchman which he does not believe in the slightest. Bushido also attempts to serve as a witness yet Indiana deems it too ridiculous and unimportant to dwell on prompting the men to run back to the rest of the company. After an encounter with a VC tunnel the platoon moves into the jungle. The front of the column led by Indiana is shown marching up a hill along with Bushido, Boys, Wilson, Joe, Benson, and Private Matthew. Indiana then suddenly calls the formation to a halt as he deems something is wrong. The platoon is suddenly ambushed by a large force of North Vietnamese and VietCong insurgents. Indiana orders the platoon to move up the hill with the men splitting up to avoid getting killed in a large cluster. They regroup with Boys, Bushido, and Wilson when Indiana gives the order to form a defensive line at a stone wall before then breaking up into two groups to get to J-Point for evac. After clearing out the Vietnamese forces at the other side of the wall the groups head out to their destinations.

Indiana, Bushido, and Wilson go into the jungle to take out more Vietnamese troops while the rest of the platoon head to the open area to throw smoke for the helicopters to land. The other unit making their way to the evac started taking heavy casualties prompting them to further split in two to find a safe way to the landing. The half with Joe, Matthew, and Benson safely made their way to J-Point but Boys' unit was decimated by enemy attacks. Boys unsure of what to do heads back to the Captain who reprimands him for coming into an unsafe area. The two then hold of more attackers while Bushido gets Wilson the troops that made it at J-Point. Indiana and Boys are fighting in close quarters as the enemy keeps charging them with Boys knocking a man to the ground and Indiana throwing a communist over his shoulder then shooting him.

When Bushido makes it back Indiana is prepared to leave when suddenly Boys runs forward and takes grenade shrapnel to the leg. The two run over to assist but then the Captain is shot in the shoulder. Indiana orders Bushido to go help the Private while he helps himself. Then another Vietnamese soldier comes out about to shoot the Captain when the Frenchman appears knocking the soldier out with his stick. He then picks up the AK-47 the soldier wielded, saluted the Captain, and then ran back into the jungle to fight more Vietnamese. The Captain was in total amazement at this spectacle yet knew he had to keep moving. He gets up and then checks up on Bushido and Boys, ordering Bushido to carry the Private since his own arm was injured. The three then make it out of the jungle to J-Point and get evacuated by helicopter along with the rest of the platoon which had gathered the other dead and wounded.

Do you know where Captain Indiana isI just transferred into your unitYou frighten me drunk manWhat French do hereRunning in the jungleCarried off the field
## In Containment

Boys also appears in the Vietnam War section of Containment. In the opening ambush he can be seen firing his weapon in the background behind Corporal Mexico and Private Goss. The next scene begins as the platoon come across a VC tunnel which Indiana and Bushido direct everyone to run around quickly. Private Goss however runs up to it and begins firing only to be met with reprimand from his superiors. Indiana then orders Private Boys to clear the tunnel out giving him his Colt M1911 pistol to complete the job. Boys tosses in a frag grenade and then heads on in. Boys is then heard yelling and gunshots go off with the platoon at first seeming concerned, but then returning to their activities. Boys comes out unscathed seemingly pleased with his encounter after Indiana asked if he had fun in there. Boys hands the pistol back to the captain and the platoon gets back on their path with Bushido breathing in his harmonica instilling the belief to the audience that he may not know how to play the harmonica at all.

While moving on the road Private Goss runs ahead saying "Hold up guys lemme get that shot" so that he may record the squad for the Stars and Stripes newspaper. The scene switches to Goss' point of view filming the men while walking. Private Boys notices a tripwire which yet does not think to tell Corporal Mexico who is approaching. Mexico tramps on the wire releasing a grenade scaring Goss prompting the rest of the squad to run away. Mexico looks down at the grenade, slowly raises his head up, and then screams before getting blown to bits. . Boys and Goss seem to have enjoyed the action as Boys asks Goss if he got that on camera which Goss excitedly confirms.

After this the platoon continue moving forwards when Corporal Harkness suddenly trips and dies. Upon seeing this Indiana seems disappointed in the Corporal with Bushido seeing he seemingly broke his neck. After this when they are ambushed, Boys is shown returning fire to the side of Indiana and Goss. After the fighting halts and Goss is killed, Boys shows a great annoyance with the Viet-Cong saying how they probably went back to their filthy holes.

In the next scene the Boys can be seen approaching the village, but then it is revealed the residents work with the Viet-Cong as they try and hide their weapons. Once arriving Captain Indiana shakes hands with the mayor and begins to happily examine the location. Suddenly the men are jumped forcing the G.I.s to kill the residents. Indiana is wounded in this encounter with a shot to the shoulder just as his previous video. Bushido frantically helps him out of the area bringing him to a safe zone where Wilson waited behind. The Captain ordered Wilson to call him a helicopter causing Wilson to say, "you're a helicopter". Indiana then threatened to beat Wilson with a pistol.

Fire in the holeBetter not step on thatDid you get that?