re: Platoon question re Elias

Not sure if serious. Platoon deals with a lot of issues; race, politics of the war, confusion by the grunts about the war and why they were there etc. But sexual orientation is not a part of the commentary.

As for that scene, if seeing another guy's johnson or showering with or performing personal hygene in front of guys while in the field bothers some guy, the infantry is not the place to be. I missed Veitnam by a few years, but I was in the infantry. You wash your nasty arse every chance you get, whether from a stream or from a water can. You don't care who sees you. You just want to get rid of the BO and prevent crotch rot.

Embarrassment is not an option