The truth in "How to Tell a True War Story" is that the stories aren't always 100% true. They're typically based partially on what the reader wants to hear, as well as a mixture of what actually happened and what seemed to have happened. In justifying the way the stories are told to the listener he states: "You'd feel cheated if it never happened". However, to defend the soldier he states: "What seems to happen becomes its own happening and has to be told that way. The angles of vision are skewed".
My favorite quote from this story was during the beginning when O'Brien stated: "If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth; if you don't care for the truth, watch how you vote. Send guys to war, they come home talking dirty"--the attitude and demeanor reminds me of movies like Full Metal Jacket and Jarhead.
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