1. What was the major tactic used by the Vietnamese and how did the Americans counter that according to Herr?
2. What affect did the war have on young soldiers, especially teenagers?
3. Describe Herr’s vision/emotions towards helicopters at the beginning of the article. Also, What does Herr say about the photographs he looked at in Life magazine as a child? What were his feelings?
4. What do you think Herr meant when he said “I went to cover the war and the war covered me”? How did this have an affect on his writing?
5. How does Herr describe his first Vietnam scene? How did the Americans ensure that the Vietnamese were dead? What did Herr notice about the emotions of the soldiers afterwords? What were your reactions towards this?
6. Why did the “Grunts” accept Herr more than other groups? What specific things did the Grunts do for him to make him feel more comfortable?
7. How does Herr describe life in the city of Saigon?
8. What does Herr say about Fatigue and how does it affect the soldiers and the war as a whole? Herr also describes some of the conditions of the Jungle that can negatively affect the soldiers. What were some of those conditions?
9. Herr mentions that many of the soldiers believed in superstitions. What were some of the superstitions?
10. Herr makes the Vietnam war sound very unorganized compared to what it is “supposed” to be like. In what ways was the Vietnam war unorganized?
11. Why do you think Herr decided to write as much about his personal experiences as he did about the soldiers’ experiences? Do you think it made his article more interesting to read?
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