"Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?"

In "Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?" The setting is in a war. Probably Vietnam because of the description of rice paddys. The mood is very solemn and serene. Everything is very quiet. PFC Paul Berlin is wishing that he could be out of this. The situation he pictures in his mind is the total opposite of war. Knowing that Berlin is worn out by this war, the reader feels sympathetic towards him. The reader feels that it is unfortunate that he has to go through these horrible situations.