The Things They Carried

I heard someone screaming it was Kiowa. The sound was ragged and clotted up, but even so I knew the voice. A strange gargling noise. I started crawling toward the screaming in the dark. Along the perimeter there were quick bursts of gunfire. Extraordinary, I thought. As I came up, a pair of red flares puffed open, a soft fuzzy glow, and in the glow I saw Kiowa's wide-open eyes settling down into the scum. Briefly, all I could do was watch. When I got there Kiowa was almost completely under. There was a knee. There was an arm and a gold wristwatch and part of a boot. I could not describe what happened next, not ever.

They Things They Carried

I found Kiowa today, Kiowa was under 2 feet of water and sh... All i saw was the heel of his boot. It took 5 of us to pull him out. It took us a long time. We'd  dig and the holes filled back up with muck. Azar apologized for the dumb jokes. "We all say things."

The Things They Carried

Hi my name is Norman Bowker I am a solider in the Vietnam War.   Nam isnt what you think it is, its really crazy and I will tell you why.
       You have to watch your back all the time because if you dont someone will accuse you of taking a jackknife Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk and eventually Lee went mad and he started shooting off his gun luckly noone got hurt.
You really have to watch where you step becuase if you dont you will get killed like Curt Lemon did he was playing a game of catch with his friend Rat Kiley, Curt Lemon turned a little into the sunlight and then put his foot on the ground and thats when it all happened he steped on a booby-traped.