Tim O’Brien

O’Brien Date of birth: October 1, 1946 Born in Austin, Minnesota B.A., Macalester College, political science, 1968

The Vietnam War Although against the Vietnam War, he was drafted in 1968 and served until 1970. Assigned to Third Platoon, A Company, Fifth Battalion, Forty-sixth Infantry as a foot soldier Awarded the Purple Heart.

Various Works If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home In the Lake of the Woods Northern Lights Speaking of Courage The Things They Carried The Vietnam in Me

The Things They Carried Written during the late 1980’s First published in 1990 It is a collection of interrelated short stories which reads like a novel.

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