perceived the feeling of how heavy the soldiers physical burden actually was. As I read the story, I felt as though I were carrying their heavy equipment on my back and shoulders; wearing me down. Although, some soldiers carried different equipment depending on their field specialty, all the loads were extraordinarily heavy.
             "Mitchell Sanders carried the PRC-25, a killer, twenty-six pounds with its battery...Rat Kelly carried a canvas satchel filled with morphine and plasma and malaria tablets and surgical tape ...including M&M's for especially bad wounds, for a total weight of nearly twenty pounds...Henry Dobbins carried the M-60, which weighed twenty three pounds...Among the grunts, some carried the M-79 grenade launcher, 5.9 pounds unloaded..." (520)
             But the greatest and heaviest burden carried into any conflict would be carried by the commanding officers. The Officers carried all their necessary equipment needed to accomplis
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