The things they carried

Español The war in Vietnam has been described as the first "living room war"—meaning combat was seen on TV screens and newspapers on a daily basis. Newspaper and television crews documented this war much more intensely than they did earlier conflicts. This willingness to allow documentation of the war extended to the military's own photographers—who captured thousands of images that covered every aspect of the conflict between 1962 and 1975. Photographs Links go to DocsTeach, the online tool…

The lot was the culmination of years of painstaking research by American artist Bradford Edwards, who picked up many of the distinctive lighters on site in the former war zone during the Nineties.

The design of U.S. Army Infantry gear changes through the years, but it seems the weight of it all never will.

Quote from Tim O'Brien

They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried. -The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

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This quote describes all the emotional Weight they carried in their minds.

Tim O' Brien plants himself into this collection of semi-autobiographical stories about soldiers in the Vietnam war, and his character exhibits the tell-tale signs of PTSD — depression, alienation, guilt, and nightmares — that make integration back into civilian life seem so impossible.