The Hardships Facing Vietnam War Soldiers in Tim OBrien’s Going after

The Hardships Facing Vietnam struggle Soldiers in Tim OBriens Going after Cacciato and In the Lake of the Woods The Vietnam contend was, mentally and physically, one of the most brutal the United States has ever participated in. Our soldiers had to allow daily miseries and sufferings which wore on them in body and mind. Dysentery was a common own of physical wasting. Other diseases combined with the continuous rain and mud caused strain to rot and made daily life that much more insufferable. foresightful periods of boredom would be broken by unexpected guerilla attacks or booby traps. The enemy rarely materialized long enough to be actively fought or even identified. Equally uncertain as who they were fighting was the outcome to the question of what purpose they were fighting and dying for.All of these hardships the soldiers faced caused an overpowering sense of hopelessness and constant fear. To counter this sense of despair, the soldiers had many ways of coping with or avoiding the reality of the war. Tim OBrien, with Going after Cacciato and In the Lake of the Woods, addresses th...