Lieutenant Carroll's prayer and naming of the soldiers "angel warriors" highlights the young age and implied innocence of the soldiers, suggesting to the reader that it is unjust to ask such young men to take on the responsibilities of war. Sergeant Simpson shares the news that Captain Stewart is up for promotion to major and that the soldiers under his command should be prepared for the captain to send them out on missions that will increase his "body count" of enemies killed in order to improve his chances for advancement. On the way back, Brunner calls the Vietnamese "gooks," and Johnson accuses him of being a racist. The squad goes on a public relations deployment to a nearby village, where they meet a young girl named An Linh, pass out medicine, and eat with some locals. Peewee happens to encounter a Viet Cong prisoner within the camp and mistakes him for a friendly Vietnamese, almost enabling the man's escape. Lieutenant Carroll leads the squad in a prayer after the death of Jenkins, telling Perry that he picked up the term "angel warriors" from his father, who called soldiers that "ecause usually they get boys to fight wars." Perry gets to know some of the older soldiers in his squad, including Brew, who wants to go to theology school, Brunner, Walowick, and Lobel.
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