Whose Baggage?
Pictures of Martha
Who is Jimmy Cross?
to hump
What is to carry, to walk, or to march?
"What's everybody so upset about? I mean, Christ, I'm just a boy."
Who is Azar?
"______ makes you a man, ______ makes you dead." (same word)
What is war?
Tim gets drafted
What is "On the Rainy River"?
An illustrated New Testament
Who is Kiowa?
SOP
What is standard operating procedure?
"We got ourselves a nice mellow war today."
Who is Ted Lavendar?
"Because she wasn't listening. It wasn't a war story. It was a ______ story."
What is love?
Mary Anne comes to Vietnam
What is "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"?
His girlfriend's pantyhose
Who is Henry Dobbins?
VC
What is Viet Cong?
"You don't mess with churches."
Who is Kiowa?
". . . he would not say a word about how he almost won the Silver Star for ______."
What is valor?
Norman Bowker drives around and around the lake
What is "Speaking of Courage"?
M&Ms
Who is Rat Kiley?
KIA
What is killed in action?
"You know what we forgot? We forgot wages. Those odd jobs you done. What we have to do, we have to figure out what your time's worth."
Who is Elroy?
"I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than ______."
What is happening-truth?
Tim brings his daughter to Vietnam
What is "Field Trip"?
The PRC-25 radio
Who is Mitchell Sanders?
LP
What is listening post?
"Once you're alive, you can't ever be dead."
Who is Linda?
"She was wearing her ______, her pink sweater, and a necklace of human tongues. She was dangerous. She was ready for the kill."
What are culottes?
Tim first alludes to the fact that he killed a man
What is "Spin"?