 Boonie s story comes out after Wayloo presses to get him awarded a medal for bravery when her congressman father comes for a visit. Unfortunately it also brings a board of inquiry to find out what really when on in the bush: a covert operation in Laos headed by a CIA man who s indiscriminate killing of enemy locals promoted Boonie to kill him, and Dodger and Sweetness covered for him. Meanwhile, McMurphy sees Dodger again when he returns to China Beach as he prepares to back into action. Also, Frankie befriends Sweetness who s now a captured deserter.