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The Vietnam was an existing conflict in Vietnam between the north an the south. The North side was communist and was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies. Meanwhile the South was supported by the U.S., South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, and Thailand. When the U.S. became involved with the war, it did not have public support. Many Soldiers drafted ere being forced to go and, many ran away to avoid the draft. Most were fighting a war they did not believe in.

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- Love: Although, Jimmy Cross' is in love with a girl named Martha they are not together. during the war he has letters and items of hers to keep her on his mind. After the war they do see each other but never become anything more
-Friendship: In the vignette "Friends" it talks about the death of a soldier Lee Struck, Dave Jensen's best friend. They met in the war and when Lee dies, Dave Jensen is distraught and feels as if he lost a part of him

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Unreliable Narrator:
In "How to tell a True war story" O' Brien says "In many cases a true war story cannot be believed. if yo believe it, be skeptical. It's a question of credibility."

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My favorite part is "On the Rainy River" because it tells the reader how O'Brien got to the war and his views on the war.

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Hard decisions:
- In "In the Rainy River" Tim O'Brien talks about how he could've fled to Canada and avoid the war but he didn't
- In "friends' Dave Jensen has to watch his best friend Lee Strunk get blown into pieces and although, they had promised to kill each other if they were already close to death, he did not.

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- Tim O' Brien
- Lieutenant Jimmy Cross
- Dave Jensen
- Ted Lavender
- Mitchell Sanders
- Rat Kiley
- Lee Strunk