https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd By Tim O'Brien en-us 2018-03-27 18:55:44 UTC 2025-10-07 13:08:11 UTC hello@padlet.com user_1412884842 https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/246659717   First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha.

   The author tells everyone back story and what their thinking.]]> 2018-03-27 19:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/246659717 user_1412884842 https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247042617     "How far would the sound carry?"

   Sound can't carry.]]> 2018-03-28 18:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247042617 user_1412884842 https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247044964 "The checkbone was gone"

Tells the reader what it was like.]]> 2018-03-28 18:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247044964 user_1412884842 https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247047570 "Lieutenant Cross found himself trembling."

  He uses a better word than twitching.]]> 2018-03-28 19:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247047570 user_1412884842 https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247049573 "Ted Lavender. who was scared, carried 34 rounds when he was shot and killed outside Than Khe"

Tells how he died]]> 2018-03-28 19:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247049573 user_1412884842 https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247057919 "Kiowa, who saw it happen, said it was like watching a rock fall."

He compares Ted to a rock and how they fall.]]> 2018-03-28 19:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247057919 user_1412884842 https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247059474 "Kiowa said, the poor bastard just flat-fuck fell. Boom. Down. Nothing else."

He tell how it sounded "boom". ]]> 2018-03-28 19:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412884842/yav06vt3dxqd/wish/247059474