Tough men, doing tough jobs, do tough things, but few talk about them.
Charlie was one who did as it suited his purpose.
I'm a retired military medic. My father served in combat. Brother was a combat engineer in Vietnam.
While doing hospice care for dying veterans I listened to a lot of stories they wanted off their chests before they died. WW2, Korea, Vietnam.
Really ugly stuff they had to do for our country. None of them ever bragged about killing other human beings in war. It was their duty to do that. And they put the experiences away as best they could.
What bothers myself about Col Askins is he liked killing and bragged about it. It's just creepy
