One inference the reader can make based on this passage is that warfare in Vietnam was characterized by constant, violent action and emotional outbursts.

monotony and endless boredom.

a lot of walking and short, intense conflicts.

successful battles that encouraged American troops.

it's called a epic poem i believe, hope this ☺

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.