Part one of term paper
The Vietnam War was a war that caused sadness to almost all lives that it touched. The soldiers were taught to kill. American soldiers were given incentives, like extra beer and free time to bring back the bodies of their enemy, the Viet Cong. Caputo, the author of , saw all this first hand. From the many casualties, to the crookedness of ...

Part two of term paper
... hands”(316). It was that one statement, and the actions that followed, that had him tried for two counts of premeditated murder. Caputo was like many of the other soldiers, in that he just wanted to get the war over with and be home alive. He does not seem like the kind of person that would intentionally kill innocent civilians. When Caputo gave the orders to kill Le Du and Le Dung, I don’t think that he knew that were not Viet Cong. During war, innocent people are killed all the time in tr ...