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After returning home to the States, O'Brien feels utterly used. He had been fed lies about the military's purpose oversees. After participating in Major Callicles' investigation, however, he learns that the government made many concessions....
I declared my intention to have no part of Vietnam. With delightful viciousness, a secret will, I declared the war evil, the draft board evil, the town evil in its lethargic acceptance of it all. ch 3
It takes courage to go against the status quo....
Tim was drafted into the war.
