Military history

The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.

Chapter 1: The Things They Carried

Chapter 2: Love

Chapter 3: Spin

Chapter 4: On the Rainy River

Chapter 5: Enemies

Chapter 6: Friends

Chapter 7: How to Tell a True War Story

Chapter 8: The Dentist

Chapter 9: Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

Chapter 10: Stockings

Chapter 11: Church

Chapter 12: The Man I Killed

Chapter 13: Ambush

Chapter 14: Style

Chapter 15: Speaking of Courage

Chapter 16: Notes

Chapter 17: In the Field

Chapter 18: Good Form

Chapter 19: Field Trip

Chapter 20: The Ghost Soldiers

Chapter 21: Night Life

Chapter 22: The Lives of the Dead

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