The shell hit our craft while I was in midair killing five of my buddies inside the DUKW. ... Another soldier, Russell Goddard, recounts when he was having a conversation with his "foxhole buddy" and the moment he turned around to answer him, "he was hit and killed by a large shell.... His job was to disarm mines and one time he recalls that as one of his buddies detected a mine, "Without saying a word, but giving me a mournful glance as if to say goodbye, he [Harrison's buddy] retreated to the extreme end of the field. ...

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In Tim O"Brien's novel, If I Die in a Combat Zone, a unique, young man examined the Vietnam War. Feelings toward the war at that time were mixed and questioned by many people in the U.S. There were many opinions ranging from positive to negative. Tim's beliefs somewhat remained the same since he alr...

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From the US viewpoint, it was thought that the War in Vietnam would be over and done with rather quickly. ... When someone finally did leave and go back home his buddies would be left behind in the field without his skills and he would return home with mixed feelings of joy and guilt (Mason, Wang & Wilson 1996). Feelings of guilt about leaving one's buddies to whatever unknown fate in Vietnam apparently proved so strong that many veterans were often too frightened to attempt to find out what happened to those left behind. ...

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