[TIM] O’BRIEN, THE THINGS THEY CARRIED — [T]he war occurred half a lifetime ago, and yet the remembering makes it now. … [S]ometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever. That’s what stories are for. Stories are for joining the past to the future.
[Forty-three years old, and] [T]he war occurred half a lifetime ago, and yet the remembering makes it now. [And] [S]ometimes remembering will lead to a story, which makes it forever. That's what stories are for. Stories are for joining the past to the future. [Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can't remember how you got from where you were to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story. ]
| A. | Wounding; attack | OFFENSIVE |
| B. | Present ceremoniously | BESTOW |
| C. | Soccer club with a she-wolf logo | ROMA |
| D. | Scintillas, specks | IOTAS |
| E. | Disobedient; wayfaring | ERRANT |
| F. | Key features of a 1982 memorial designed by Maya Lin | NAMES |
| G. | Type of vessel used by Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan to catch shrimp | TRAWLER |
| H. | Davenport or Ames resident | HAWKEYE |
| I. | Plant fungus that can poison cattle | ERGOT |
| J. | Actions in Liar's Dice | THROWS |
| K. | What brought the last U.S. Marines out of Saigon on 4/30/75 | HELICOPTER |
| L. | Light up or elucidate, poetically | ILLUME |
| M. | Early soft drink brand | NEHI |
| N. | Film crew electrician | GAFFER |
| O. | Target with a smear campaign, in modern lingo | SWIFTBOAT |
| P. | Exhibits poor balance | TOTTERS |
| Q. | Eponym of an elaborate military trail system (3 wds.) | HOCHIMINH |
| R. | Low-tech countdown device (2 wds.) | EGGTIMER |
| S. | Common length for a military tour of duty | YEAR |
| T. | Like John Reed or Pablo Picasso, e.g. | COMMUNIST |
| U. | Member of an ascetic sect practicing ritual nakedness | ADAMITE |
| V. | What batters often do with their gloves | READJUST |
| W. | Newscaster whose reporting saved lives during Hurricane Carla | RATHER |
| X. | Vexing, pestiferous | IRKSOME |
| Y. | Biblical queen originally called Hadassah | ESTHER |
| Z. | Leave with fewer leaves | DEFOLIATE |