'....I saw that you were in the Army during the Vietnam War. Did you see any combat?'

'Did I SEE any combat? Yes, I saw combat. I was in the middle of combat, too. I was even under it. Why do people always ask, did you SEE combat, like it was a goddamn movie they took you to over there?'

..........Harry Bosch, 'The Last Coyote' by Michael Connelly