

The system wanted them to become soldiers. One soldier just wanted to be human.
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Pvt. Roland Bozz

Pvt. Jim Paxton

Pvt. Miter

Pvt. Cantwell

Pvt. Wilson

Staff Sgt. Thomas

Sgt. Filmore

Staff Sgt. Cota

Pvt. Jamoa Kearns

Sgt. Eveland

Pvt. Johnson

Capt. Saunders