Importance of Uniforms of Injured and Deceased Soldiers

During his second tour, Teddy saw the uniforms of the deceased and injured in a storeroom. The uniforms were blood-stained, still with their brevets, stripes, and ribbons attached. The uniforms affected him, as they laid there empty and lifeless like the soldiers and airmen from which they came. Teddy was never able to reconcile the death and destruction he and his men caused during the war effort, and the uniforms were a symbol along the way of that death and destruction.