A soldier returning from Vietnam is met with harassment and ridicule by the american people except for one little girl who shows him somethings are worth fighting for.

"And so like Jesus on the cross, in one last desperate attempt to survive, he raised his arms high and looked up at the sky as if to wave the helicopter over to him."-Elias's final moments

My name is Andy Gordon, and they force me to kill people. They force me to sleep in a muddy ditch in the rain. They want me to die. Die for what? Why am I doing this? When will this stop? Who'll Stop the Rain? -Vietnam War Story

PLATOON Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes was never just an ill-tempered, dangerous, indestructible soldier.