In Tim O’Brien’s "The things They Carried" he talked about how a true war story should be told. There were many different aspects to each story and how you could tell if it were true or not. The desire to believe was so great that you really didn’t know if the story was true or not. In fact the story may even change the next time around by adding a twist or some truth to get a different truth across. Even if the stories being told were untrue parts of them where fact. As emotions run high and the adrenaline gets the best of you sometimes even the soldiers themselves are not sure of the truth that was once in front of them . They may have to take a hard look back and take a minute to realize what had really happened. He also talked about how each story had a moral. The moral of the story may not be completely clear at the time but later down the road once you have had some time to take it all in and remember what had happened the moral may come to you. It may be in the dead of night or when you are watching some but there is a moral. There are so many things that go on during a war. For each of the soldiers it seemed that the stories they told were not directly related to the war but of comradery and friendship. Remembering the things you want and even the things that haunt you still. War is war and the way you perceive it will make your stories that much different from your brother in arms next to you. Holding things from each story could also make a better story for the person hearing it so that you don’t have to let them know of what truly happened or the things that happened that you don’t think the person needs to hear. Telling them only what you see fit.
Here is some information about the Vietnam War.
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