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  1. www.amazon.com › If-Die-Combat-Zone-Ship › dpIf I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

    Sep 1, 1999 · Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam.The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong.

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    The title phrase "If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home" is a military marching cadence, dating back to the Second World War. Cadences such as "C-130 rolling down the strip" and "If I die in the combat zone" are also used by the United States Marine Corps. The full stanza that is most commonly used in these cadences goes " If i ...

    • Tim O'Brien
    • Memoir
    • 1973
    • 1973

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    Jan 1, 2001 · Tim O’Brien ’s war story could have been me. A 1968 college graduate, Tim accepts being drafted in spite of his opposition to the war. He goes to basic training then infantry training, decides to desert to Sweden when it is clear that he is headed for Vietnam, changes his mind mid-desertion and goes off to war.

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  5. www.litcharts.com › lit › if-i-die-in-a-combat-zoneIf I Die in a Combat Zone Study Guide - LitCharts

    Full Title: If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home When Written: 1969-1972 Where Written: Vietnam; Cambridge, Massachusetts When Published: 1973 Literary Period: Contemporary Genre: Memoir Setting: Minnesota; Vietnam Climax: O’Brien finishes his military service and leaves Vietnam, returning home to the U.S. Antagonist: The ...

  6. books.google.com › books › aboutIf I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

    The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a masterwork of its genre.Now ...

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    • Tim O'Brien
    • Crown, 1999

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    Oct 20, 2020 · 223 p. ; 21 cm O'Brien's searing memoir of his years as a soldier in Vietnam takes readers with him through the ghostly ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong

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