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I give the fruit jar a swat with my Stetson and a hundred phosphorescent dots of light explode up into the night sky, winking like muzzle flashes in a treeline, a hundred Alabama lightning bugs, alive and free, and glowing, like sparks from a fire.
- Gustav Hasford, 'The Phantom Blooper'
'The Phantom Blooper' is the sequel to 'The Short Timers', which 'Full Metal Jacket' was based on.
It takes place about a year after the events of 'The Short Timers'.
After Joker was rescued from the VC village where he was held after the Battle of Khe Sanh.
The Stetson was the property of Cowboy.
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We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark.
I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them,
I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period.
 
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years
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