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They carried malaria
tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated
bibles, each other. And if they made it home alive, they carried
unrelenting images of a nightmarish war that history is only beginning
to absorb. Since its first publication, The Things They Carried
has become an unparalleled Vietnam testament, a classic work of
American literature, and a profound study of men at war that illuminates
the capacity, and the limits, of the human heart and soul. --Goodreads