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Chapter 1: Thanksgiving Special

• In Chapter 1, Lieutenant Tobias Wolff and Sergeant Benet drive a truck in Vietnam.

• Benet was the only African American in the province.

• The attitude of the Vietnamese toward Americans was getting more hostile.
• The province where Wolff was posted was relatively safe from MVA.

• Rumor was that MVA soldiers were stoned out of their mind.

• Wolff's battalion was posted in My Tho on the Mekong River.
• Wolff and Benet were going to get a TV for a special episode of Bonanza.

• Wolff and Benet stole the TV from the officer's club.

• Wolff wanted to give the TV to a Vietnamese boy but Benet refused.

Chapter 2: Command Presence

• In Chapter 2, it is revealed that Wolff flunked out of school and joined a survey ship.

• After missing the boat because of a hangover, Wolff decided to join the army like one of Wolff's favorite authors, Ernest Hemingway...

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