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Of these stories, five first appeared in Esquire: The Things They Carried, How to Tell a True War Story, Sweetheart of the SongTra Bong, The Ghost Soldiers and The Lives of the Dead. Speaking of Courage was first published in The Massachusetts Review, then later, in a revised version, in Granta. In the Field was first published in Gentlemens Quarterly. Style, Spin and The Man 1 Killed were first published, in different form, in The Quarterly. The Things They Carried appeared in The Best American Short Stories 1987. Speaking of Courage and The Ghost Soldiers appeared in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards (1978 and 1982). On the Rainy River first appeared in Playboy. The author wishes to thank the editors of those publications and to express gratitudefor support received from the National Endowment for the Arts. Flamingo An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77—85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London w6 8jb Flamingo is a registered trade mark of HarperCollins Publishers Limited Published by Flamingo 1991 13 First published in Great Britain by Collins 1990 Copyrigk ? Tim OBrien 1990 The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work Author photograph ? Jerry Bauer isbn o4 Set in Janson Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. This book is lovingly dedicated to the men of Alpha Company, and in particular to Jimmy