1. Tim O’Brien

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

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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Sources