Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong

I n this chapter, Rat Kiley is talking or telling a story about how this guy sends money to his girlfriend to fly her over to Chu Lai. When she arrived, she had on white culottes and this sexy pink sweater.
That big-boned blonde was Mary Anne Bell. When she first arrived she seemed tired and somewhat lost, but she smiled. The war, the land and the mystery intrigued her. She was a very curious girl who wants to know about every little detail that happens around there. So, she asked her boyfrien, Mark Fossie to take her down to the village at the foot of the hill. He told her it was way too dangerous but she kept after him anyways. She said she wanted to get a feel for how people lived, what the smells and customs were. But it did not impress her that the VC owned the place.
What I liked about this chapter is that it explained to the readers that a girl came over to Chu Lai and picked up on things quick which makes me feel, or others feel that what guys can do, girls can too. I think that this part of the book, the author was probably trying to tell us that girls can go into combat and learn as fast as the guys do. The author shows this affections to the readers by the way how he wrote about Mary Anne Bell.
The way how I see it, Mary Anne Bell's affection to war is that she doesn't really know what's dangrous and whats not. She makes it seem like she so comfortable and like she's at home while she was in Chu Lai. This story is probably in this book because it's explaining about how all girls is so curious about war and that they should have a chance to experience it.

One quotation from the book is: Mark Fossie says on page 94,
"Thing is, you just got to want it enough."