The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

how many soldiers are there in the platoon? name them all

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Before Lavender died there were 17 men in the platoon, and whoever drew the number 17 would strip off his gear and crawl in headfirst with a flashlight and Lieutenant Cross's .45-caliber pistol.

1) Jimmy Cross

2) Dave Jensen

3) Ted Lavender

4) Norman Bowker

5) Rat Kiley

6) Kiowa

7) Mitchell Sanders

8) Henry Dobbins

9) Lee Strunk

10) Curt Lemon

11) Tim O'Brien

12) Bobby Jorgenson

13) Eddie Diamond

Sorry, these are all the name I could find for the time being..........

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The Things They Carried