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Nora McInerny: 本集讲述了作者Nora McInerny追寻其父亲在越南战争中经历的故事。通过与父亲生前战友的访谈,Nora试图拼凑出父亲在1968年9月20日那场战斗中的经历,以及这场战斗对其性格和人生的影响。文中穿插了作者童年与父亲相处点滴,以及父亲去世后作者对父亲过往的追寻和反思。作者试图理解父亲在战争中经历的创伤,以及这些创伤如何影响了他与家人的关系。 Patrick McInerny: Patrick McInerny作为作者的兄弟,参与了对父亲在阵亡士兵Felipe Herrera纪念网页上留言的朗读,这部分内容展现了父亲对战友的深厚情感和怀念。 Curtis Gritzmacher: Curtis Gritzmacher作为父亲的战友,详细描述了1968年9月20日那场战斗的经过,包括Felipe Herrera的英勇牺牲和Sergeant Larry Johnson的阵亡。他分享了自己在战斗中经历的恐惧、悲伤和愧疚,以及这些经历对其人生的影响。 Phil Erritt: Phil Erritt作为当时的排长,提供了对战斗经过的官方描述和战术分析,补充了Curtis Gritzmacher的叙述,并从指挥官的角度阐述了战斗的残酷和士兵们面临的困境。 Henry Coparubias: Henry Coparubias作为另一位战友,分享了其在战争中失去战友的痛苦经历,以及这种创伤对其长期心理健康的影响。他的叙述补充了其他战友的回忆,并从不同的角度展现了战争的残酷和士兵们内心的挣扎。 Nora McInerny: 本集的核心是作者Nora McInerny对父亲在越南战争中经历的探索。通过与父亲战友的访谈,她试图理解父亲的性格和行为模式,以及这些模式与他在战争中的经历之间的联系。作者的叙述充满了情感,展现了她对父亲的爱、理解和惋惜,以及她对战争创伤的深刻反思。 Patrick McInerny: Patrick McInerny的朗读部分补充了父亲对战友的深厚情感,这部分内容与作者的叙述相呼应,共同展现了父亲复杂而多面的人格。 Curtis Gritzmacher: Curtis Gritzmacher的回忆提供了对1968年9月20日那场战斗的详细描述,包括战斗的经过、人员伤亡以及士兵们的心理状态。他的叙述真实而感人,展现了战争的残酷和士兵们所面临的巨大压力。 Phil Erritt: Phil Erritt的叙述补充了战斗的战术细节和指挥层的视角,这部分内容与Curtis Gritzmacher的回忆相互补充,共同还原了战斗的完整画面。 Henry Coparubias: Henry Coparubias的回忆从另一个角度展现了战争的残酷和士兵们内心的挣扎,他的叙述补充了其他战友的回忆,使读者对战争的理解更加全面和深刻。

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Nora explores her father's past as a Recon Marine in Vietnam, particularly focusing on a critical day in 1968 when two men were killed, including one she was close to. This event deeply affected her father and shaped his personality and life.

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When Nora McInerny's dad died, she lost his stories — the ones that she’s not sure she can quite remember right, and the ones she never knew ... like the stories from his time as a Recon Marine in Vietnam.

Nora decides to look up some of the men he served with. What unfolds is Nora discovering a story about a single day — September 20, 1968 — and the patrol where two men were killed. Nora’s father was on that patrol. It was one of his first.

As Nora learns about those men and that day, she discovers that it had a profound effect on shaping everyone who was there.

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