A little longer than a drabble. It's drabble-like-ish. Could be anyone's point of view but I'm thinking Hawkeye. Thanks to Hawkeye's Martini for being my beta and coming up with the title. G.N.
Disclaimer: They aren't mine.
The first thing I learned when I got here is that in Korea it can take up to a hundred years for one day to pass. Sometimes you have more patients in one afternoon than a civilian doctor has in a month, and you still have time left afterwards to kill your sorrows in The Swamp.
The second thing I learned is that Frank Burns is an idiot. When I first met him he ordered me to salute him. I told him to shove it up his ass.
The third thing I learned is that wartime love is temporary. Too many people have made the mistake of expecting to marry their wartime love only to find out that their soon to be spouse has a spouse of their own waiting for them back home. You may find yourself sleeping next to one person one night and someone else the next. And it's out of pure necessity.
The final thing that I learned is that war is hell. As obvious as it seems, you can't truly understand until you have learned the first three things. As to how to survive this hell, well... I'm still trying to figure that one out.