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Kiowa, a devout Baptist, carried an illustrated New Testament that had been presented to him by his father, who taught Sunday school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. As a hedge against bad times, however, Kiowa also carried his grandmother’s distrust of the white man, his grandfather’s old hunting hatchet.

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As a medic, Rat Kiley carried a canvas satchel filled with morphine and plasma and malaria tablets and surgical tape and comic books and all the things a medic must carry, including M&M’s for especially bad wounds, for a total weight of nearly 20 lbs (5).

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Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried tranquilizers until he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in mid-April (2)...Until he was shot, Ted Lavender carried 6 or 7 ounces of dope, which for him was a necessity (3).

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Dave Jensen, 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(2)... Dave Jensen carried three pairs of socks and a can of Dr. Scholl’s foot powder as a precaution against trench foot (3).

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Henry Dobbins, who was a big man, carried extra rations; he was especially fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake (2)... As a big man, therefore a machine gunner, Henry Dobbins carried the M-60, which weighed 23 pounds unloaded, but which was almost always loaded. In addition, Dobbins carried between 10 and 15 pounds of ammunition draped in belts across his chest and shoulders (5)

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First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. In the late afternoon, after a day’s march, he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands under a canteen, unwrap the letters, hold them with the tips of his fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending.

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"Cross carried two photographs of Martha."

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"Cross carried two photographs of Martha."

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Jimmy Cross is the sentimental type who is pining after what he can’t have.

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"He would carefully return the letters to his rucksack"

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"As a first lieutenant and platoon leader, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45-caliber pistol thatChristine Taylor Riendeau Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:56:25 AM ET weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded. He carried a strobe light and there responsibility for the lives of his" men.

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"As a first lieutenant and platoon leader, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45-caliber pistol thatChristine Taylor Riendeau Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:56:25 AM ET weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded. He carried a strobe light and there responsibility for the lives of his" men.

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Henry Dobbins is a large man who loves to eat.

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Practiced good hygiene and made sure he was in a healthy condition.

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Dave Jensen is a clean freak and probably traumatized and definitely a germaphobe.

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Carried around letters from Martha

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the hopeful type that holds onto pieces of someone waiting for them to love him back

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the hopeful type that holds onto pieces of someone waiting for them to love him back

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Ready to protect himself at all times.

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Ted Lavender seemingly has an unusual drug addiction.

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He was a large man who loved foods

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Well… his name is Rat. That’s one fact about him.

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Rat Kiley is a well prepared sort of guy.

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Ted had a drug addiction and was always scared

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he seems very naive and unaware of dangers, loves his friends 

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he seems very naive and unaware of dangers, loves his friends 

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Kiowa is a religious man with generational trauma.

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Jimmy Cross is homesick

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He is young and a medic

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Ready for any medical emergency possible and has the resources to treat it

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The man with all the ammo and prepared to fire

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Extremely cautious and carried the most out of the rest of the group. He was killed by a threat he couldn't even detect, or do anything about with all of his gear

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"Kiowa always took along his New Testament and a pair of moccasins"

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Dreams about life with Martha back home

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Lead not love

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large man who loves food and has the means to protect himself

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large man who loves food and has the means to protect himself

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"Lieutenant Cross
understood that Love was only a way of signing and did not mean what
he sometimes pretended it meant"

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Suffered trauma and masked his unstableness 

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Suffered trauma and masked his unstableness 

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Prepared for anything that comes his way in terms of medical emergencies and has a big heart

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Prepared for anything that comes his way in terms of medical emergencies and has a big heart

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"[H]e was especially
fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake"

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Misses the love of his life and feels very homesick

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Misses the love of his life and feels very homesick

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Unusual guy whos main goal was to be prepared for anything

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Unusual guy whos main goal was to be prepared for anything

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"Carried a toothbrush, dental floss, and
several hotel-sized bars of soap he'd stolen on R&R in Sydney, Australia"

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Jimmy Cross is always thinking about life back home with Martha.

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Jimmy Cross is always thinking about life back home with Martha.

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"who was scared, carried tranquilizers"

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Henry Dobbins is a large and strong man who is focused on protecting himself.

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Henry Dobbins is a large and strong man who is focused on protecting himself.

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Seems to have some sort of germophobia and practiced many hygienic fields 

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Seems to have some sort of germophobia and practiced many hygienic fields 

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"Kiowa always took along his New Testament and a pair of
moccasins for silence"

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Dave Jensen is a germaphobe and is always focused on staying clean and healthy. 

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Dave Jensen is a germaphobe and is always focused on staying clean and healthy. 

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Ted Lavender is always nervous and never relaxed, and he often takes pills to calm down. 

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Ted Lavender is always nervous and never relaxed, and he often takes pills to calm down. 

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Rat Kiley is the medic and is always prepared to help someone in need.

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Rat Kiley is the medic and is always prepared to help someone in need.

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"Rat Kiley carried brandy and M&M's candy"

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Kiowa shows signs of trauma and past-related issues.

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Kiowa shows signs of trauma and past-related issues.

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Jimmy is led not to love even though he thinks about MArtha alot 

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Jimmy is led not to love even though he thinks about MArtha alot 

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He has good hygiene and tries to stay as healthy as possible