Like — He clearly beats up on himself over exactly the point you made - that he was an NCO and betrayed not just his country but them when he deserted the patrol he was leading in the DMZ. He clearly puts a whole hell of a lot of negative weight into that act.

There’s got to be some place for some redemption/forgiveness when someone recognizes their faults in past actions….

Jenkins clearly understands what he did. He doesn’t try to make excuses for his actions when he describes what he was thinking at the time. He freely admits repeatedly he was ignorant and that what he did was a betrayal of his men, the military, his country, and even his family back home in the States.

At least in my book, that recognition and acceptance cuts him some slack today.

There is also an informative DVD, which is mainly about one of the other four douche~bags (including Jenkins) called “Crossing the Line”. You can get it through Netflix if you have an APO in the ROK. It goes well with this book because you get to see what a bigger loser Dresnok is as he continues to tow the party line.

LOL, you mean “comfort women”. Man what is it about Korean culture that they are so rampant with comfort women (whores)?

It was during his second tour in South Korea - and he had enjoyed his first. But, he obviously didn’t learn much about North Korea during that time. It makes me wonder just what others on the ground in the US military new about the North at that date.

He also said that what made him depressed early in his 2nd tour was that he thought he was going to be ordered to do aggressive patrols in the DMZ that would bring him under fire from the North Koreans. From the short description he gave of the patrols and the danger, it made him seem rather cowardly given the fact he chose to be a soldier…

The thing that stood out most, however, was how he talked about how young he was to have been promoted to sgt and put in charge of men. He tells of a story in Germany when he was first put in a position of some command that he had never used a field radio before and that was one of his primary duties as the leader of his men……..It wasn’t clear in the book, but I started to want to hear more about how much pressure he felt leading men at his age at a place like the DMZ. It would make the depression over being asked to do dangerous patrols more understandable.

….but….in the end….Jenkins himself describes himself at that time as pretty much a dumb@ss from the rural Carolinas….

A Korean honey pot and a GI that has access to a special store which sells foreign products.

Hmmm… now where have I heard this story before…

It must be something in the water.

Hearing a very unique perspective on the “Operation Paul Bunyan” was also a nice little gem.