The Things They Carried

Part I of Essay
Jimmy Cross is the Lietenant, he always carried letters from a girl named Martha, who was a junior in college. She was not his girlfriend and they were not love letters, but he was hoping some day she would be. He would dig his foxhole wash his hands and unwrap the letter ....

Part II of Essay
.... peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake. Dave Jenson, who practiced field hygiene, carried a toothbrush, dental floss, and several hotel-sized bars of soap he’d stolen on R&R in Sydney, Australia. Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried tranquilizers until he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in mid-April. Because it was SOP, they all carried steel helemts that weighed 5 pounds including the liner and camouflage cover. They carried the standard fatigue jackets and trousers. Very few carried underwear . On their feet t ....