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this represents Kiowa with is platoon members they have not been really  related but they where mostly like brothers

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A new testament of that Kiowa would had and read during the war

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A hatchet that looks closely  identical to the one Kiowa's father had given him that represented his native inherit

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A pair of moccasins that Kiowa would have had during the war

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This is my rifle is was a pro Vietnam song that talks about solders at war in there sort of experience they had this song not only connects to Kiowa but also multiple solders  the song begins talking about a man that had just got off the plane into Vietnam and go's on from there talking about there experience

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This is My Rifle - Original Vietnam War Song by Mark Maysey

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This is a song I wrote back in 1999. It's off my 1st CD titled "At This Point in My Life" and can be found here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/maysey This is also my first You Tube video using still shots to represent a ballad I wrote about the effects of war, and how those images still played out many years after returning home.

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Dear father were on the move again we had just  got our orders from the Lieutenant Cross that were going in to a village  and camp there for a week or two then its on to the move again. Like all the over days  it's just like a long camping trip ... I guess  but I do miss mama  how is she poppa and how are my sisters haven't seen them in years send me a picture will pop
Dad last night I had a dream about a buffalo in the middle of the ocean  fighting to stay above the water I had woken up in a cold wet sweat of how frighten I was  we'll dad I miss you too I can't wait to come home and listen to you preach.  I've read a lot from the new testament that you've gave me tell everyone from town  that i cant wait to see them

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Cesar Herrera
day by day they hump  day by day they move moving up along trying to be strong  step by step  moving up and down until someone step wrong and steps on the dong there go's long john because a Vietcong ill call it in sir another K I A  ill tell his mom hes gone day by day these men and boys move along  carrying more then blood sweat and tears carrying  the past right behind the ears they say the things they carry are only in side there dome letting them go home  but there all each others home that carry each other home each day

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A defining moment was when the had entered a church where two lived monks and the men had sent up camp camp at the old abandon church and Kiowa thinks its wrong to set up there "Its bad news,"[Kiowa] said. You don't mess with churches" (Church. 119)  after wards Kiowa and Henry dobbins ho back and forth about religion and setting  up in a monastery although this shows different side of Kiowa  that is religious and see a different perspective on things then the other soldiers and the ability to cope with situations much more easier.

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In the chapter of The Man I Killed the solders lay low waiting for NVA solders to come through the trail as one enemy solder walks by and gets killed Kiowa comforts his friend when he kills the enemy
"I'll tell you the straight truth," he said. "The guy was dead the second he stepped on the trail. Understand me? We all had him zeroed." (The Man I Killed.(129)  this shows a deeper meaning of just him wanting is friends to be okay it shows that he wants to help his friend to understand that they are in war and to understand mentally so that we doesn't suffer about it later on

During the Chapter The Lives Of the Dead the platoon arrives to a village after it had been napalmed the platoon starts to play with the bodies of the dead except Tim O'brine and the team start to tease him about not join in on it and and at the end of the day Kiowa tells Tim "You did a good thing today," .. "That shaking hands crap, it isn't decent. The guys'll hassle you for a while—especially Jensen—but just keep saying no. Should've done it myself. Takes guts, I know that." (The Lives of the Dead.(227) n this shows that Kiowa is well aware of his friends and team members feelings and experiences and to have an understanding of showing them real emotions is a brave thing to do.

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Kiowa had served in the 46th Infantry as a grunt a solder in Vietnam under the command of Lt. Jimmy cross. through out his time in this platoon Kiowa had earned numerous rewards such as Vietnam Campaign Medal,Civil Actions Medal, and the purple heart

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Kiowa was a Native American from the tribe of Kiowas who had migrated from the  western part of Montana to the Rocky Mountains of  Colorado in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Kiowas had moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma.This represents Kiowa in the way he had been surrounded by culture and his people and traditional ways that affect is future in acceptance to explore the out side world and to see new cultures and to make new friends.