"Arlen\'s Gun" centers on an alienated and angry young man from the worst streets of Baltimore.
His attitude isolates him from the crew members, and the nature of the gunship\'s mission isolates him from the reality of war itself until his.
Both end up in Vietnam, his friend in a comfortable administrative job while he becomes a gunner on an AC-47 gunship.
The Vietnam War is raging and, virtually certain to be drafted, he\'s persuaded by a friend to avoid that fate by volunteering for the Air Force. "Arlen\'s Gun" centers on an alienated and angry young man from the worst streets of Baltimore