Splinters
Micro-nonfiction by Tad Tuleja that touches on the roles of punji sticks and frag bombs, and his role in not going to war.
This piece first appeared online.
In a chilling passage of one Vietnam veteran’s memoir, an American soldier approaches an old woman sitting near a pile of sticks and without saying a word shoots her in the face. “What the hell are you doing?” screams his lieutenant, and the soldier an…
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