How did O'Brien and his unit perceive villages and treat the villagers?What problems did the villages present for the Americans?

Do you have chapter numbers for these questions? Villages could be death traps, but they could also be a kind of home. Some villagers, usually older women treated the soldiers like sons; other villagers would set them up. Long term effects often came from attacking villages for no other reason than vengeance. The long term emotional effects were devastating.