The Characters

Characters

Things They Carried

Lt. Jimmy Cross

Letter from Martha, good-luck pebble from Martha

Henry Dobbins 

Girlfriend's pantyhose, extra rations (canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake)

Dave Jensen

Socks, Dr. Scholl's foot powder, rabbit's foot, toothbrush, dental floss, and soap

Ted Lavender

Tranquilizers, premium dope

Mitchell Sanders

Condoms, radio, brass knuckles

Norman Bowker

Diary, thumb cut from a Viet Cong corpse

Rat Kiley

Comic books, brandy, M&M's

Kiowa  

Illustrated New Testament, Grandfather's old hunting hatchet

Lee Strunk

Sling Shot, tanning lotion