Brothers

   I believe this image of a man at the Vietnam War memorial speaks volumes as to the intense connection between the soldiers. As in "The Ghost Soldiers", this image relays a deep, unexplainable connection between soldiers.  Tim O'Brien seems to explain his feelings of betrayal by the new medic Jorgenson.  He explains his overwhelming hatred for the man and his desire for revenge.  When it comes down to the bare emotions of the situation, O'Brien still shares an undeniable connection with Jorgenson simply in being soldiers.  The connections between a group of men who fight together and who's lives depend on one another are so strong that betrayal. separation, and even death cannot tear them apart.  Although the soldiers from Vietnam are bound by the horrible events of war, they share each other's pain and are brothers in experience.  No outsider will ever understand the connection between them or the brotherly love that never leaves them.