Based on this excerpt, it can be inferred that: B) the author once felt pride and optimism about the war.
The excerpt is about a young soldier who was excited about entering the U.S military helicopter with the South Vietnamese battalion. He stressed his pride and excitement at being a part of this mission.
He also believed that they will be triumphant in the battle and eventually make their country a better place. So, option B is correct.
Here is the excerpt:
Read this excerpt from "Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk."
I remember distinctly the thrill of climbing aboard a U.S. Army helicopter in the cool of the morning and taking off across the rice fields with a South Vietnamese battalion for a day’s jousting with the Vietcong guerillas. I was proud of the young American pilots sitting at the controls in the cockpit and I was grateful for the opportunity to witness this adventure and to report it. We are fighting now, I used to think, and some day we will triumph and this will be a better country.
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