The Last five sections

In the last five or so sections of the book, we see dramatic changes and suprising things be revealed. What do you think about specific occurences throughout any of these sections?

Real truth vs. story truth

A big theme of this book is real truth and story truth. What do you think the difference between the two is, if any, and how do you think this affects the people in Vietnam?

(Non) mourning of Kiowa's death

Why do you think the soliders wanted to just move on immediately when Kiowa died instead of giving him a proper military funeral? Does this reflect in any way the general tendency of society?

The Effects of War on the Soldiers

What to you all think of the way the war has affected the main characters in TTTC? In other words, how has it brought out different aspects of characters' personalities that had previously been latent?